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personification

🇬🇧 UK/pə,sɒnɪfɪ'keɪʃ(ə)n/🇺🇸 US/pә:.sɒnifi'keiʃәn/
GREB2

Definitions

n.

A person or thing that perfectly embodies a quality; a literary device giving human qualities to abstract ideas or objects

化身,典型;(文学)拟人法,人格化

🧩 Root Breakdown

Root-derived
personperson, mask
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ifisuffix
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cationsuffix
=personification

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    In the poem, the wind is a personification of freedom.

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