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Personification Very Common

Origin: Latin suffix -tion

Personification has 4 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

a person who represents an abstract quality

"she is the personification of optimism"

2

representing an abstract quality or idea as a person or creature

3

the act of attributing human characteristics to abstract ideas etc.

4

A person, thing or name typifying a certain quality or idea; an embodiment or exemplification.

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
person trope embodiment
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
embodiment queen
Rhyming Words
ion aion tion zion pion sion gion bion fion lion dion cion rion orion obion axion deion trion diion arion
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