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personify

personify / personify
Transitive Verb
past: personifiedpp: personifieding: personifying

This term describes the bridge between abstract concepts and human form. It is frequently used in literary analysis to describe the rhetorical device where non-human entities are given human traits to make them more relatable or vivid to the reader. In a social or professional context, the word carries a strong positive connotation of embodiment. When someone personifies a trait, they are seen as the living archetype or the gold standard of that quality, serving as a tangible manifestation of an intangible ideal.

Meanings

Transitive Verbpersonify
[~ someone/something][~ something as someone]

To represent a quality or an abstract concept as a person.

"The character of Justice is often personified as a woman wearing a blindfold."

Transitive Verbpersonify
[~ a quality]

To be the perfect example or embodiment of a particular quality or characteristic.

"The young athlete personifies determination and hard work."

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