Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

personification

/pɚˌsɑ.nə.fəˈkeɪ.ʃən/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.82 in modern English

Syllables: per-son-i-fi-ca-tion
IPA: /pɚˌsɑ.nə.fəˈkeɪ.ʃən/

22

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

6

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Countable

noun

An artistic representation of an abstract quality as a human.

Countable

noun

The process of creating such a representation: a literary device or other artistic method in which an inanimate object or an idea is given human qualities.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Adolf Hitler was the personification of anti-Semitism."
"He might have sat for a personification of fear: if he moved, he seemed rather afraid of his own shadow following him too closely; if he laughed, he soon checked himself, quite alarmed at the sound."
"De Coude was the personification of coolness—was he not the best shot in France?"
"The Grim Reaper is a personification of death."
"You might search in vain if you go looking for personification in his works: his style was very concrete."
"The writer used personification to convey her ideas."

Etymology

Etymology tree English person(ify) Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -ficātiō Old French -ificationbor. Middle English -ificacioun English -ification English personification From person(ify) + -ification.

Usage

Inflected Forms

personifications (plural)

Derived Forms

impersonification nonpersonification

Phrases

pathetic fallacy

Frequently Paired Words

personify pathetic fallacy anthropomorphism humanization prosopopoeia

Synonyms

incarnation prosopopoeia

Rhymes With

information education situation population station association administration operation organization nation location application

Questions

How do you pronounce personification?: The recorded pronunciation is /pɚˌsɑ.nə.fəˈkeɪ.ʃən/.
What does personification mean?: A person, thing, or name typifying a certain quality or idea; an embodiment or exemplification.
Where does personification come from?: Etymology tree English person(ify) Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -ficātiō Old French -ificationbor. Middle English -ificacioun English -ification English personification From person(ify) + -ification.

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