personification
Giving objects feelings
Personification is the representation of an abstract idea or thing as a human figure: Justice blindfolded with scales, Death as a hooded skeleton with a scythe.
In rhetoric, personification gives human qualities to nonhuman things: The wind whispered through the trees, Fear gripped her heart.
The word also means a perfect embodiment: She was the personification of grace.
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- figurativeRepresenting through imagery
- imageryVivid descriptive language
- anthropomorphismAttributing personality to things
- allegorySymbolic tale with deeper meaning
fable · symbolism · metaphorical · poetic · evoke · represent · illustrate · expressive
Quality given bodily presence
- manifestationOutward display of something
- epitomePerfect representative of type
- avatarDigital user representation
- quintessencePurest embodiment of something
representation · exemplification · symbol · icon · figurehead · typification · realization · exemplar
Worshipped supernatural being
- goddessFemale sacred being
- spiritSoul, mood, or liquor
- nymphNature spirit or larva
- museThink deeply about
trickster · archetype · folklore · legend · mythos · Gaia · Death · Justice
Depiction of someone
- rolePosition or part
- characterNature, symbol, or role
- performanceCarrying out a task
- actorOne who portrays characters
embodying · interpretation · depiction · enactment · characterization · representation · stage · dramatic
apostrophe
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- figurativeRepresenting through imagery
- imageryVivid descriptive language
- anthropomorphismAttributing personality to things
allegory · fable · symbolism · metaphorical · poetic · evoke · represent · illustrate · expressive · conceit
incarnation
Quality given bodily presence
- manifestationOutward display of something
- epitomePerfect representative of type
- avatarDigital user representation
quintessence · representation · exemplification · symbol · icon · figurehead · typification · realization · exemplar · paragon
deity
Worshipped supernatural being
muse · trickster · archetype · folklore · legend · mythos · Gaia · Death · Justice · Fortune
portrayal
Depiction of someone
- rolePosition or part
- characterNature, symbol, or role
- performanceCarrying out a task
actor · embodying · interpretation · depiction · enactment · characterization · representation · stage · dramatic · theatrical
humanlike
Resembling a person
- AesopAncient Greek fable writer
- cartoonAnimated or humorous illustration
- animationTechnique creating movement illusion
furry · Zootopia · sentience · fable · fantasy · creature · Disney · anthropomorphic · Bambi · animate
- long wordssupercalifragilisticexpialidocious, antidisestablishmentarianism, incomprehensibilities, counterrevolutionary, electroencephalograph
- literary devicesmetaphor, simile, hyperbole, alliteration, onomatopoeia
- poetry termspoetry, rhyme, verse, rhythm, meter
- allegoriesallegory, fable, parable, Animal Farm, Pilgrim's Progress
- descriptive languagedescriptive writing, vivid language, vivid detail, sensory language, sensory detail
- semanticsmeaning, denotation, sense, connotation, reference
personificationdehumanization
Denying personhood to others
objectification · reification · thingification · mechanization · animalization
personificationliteralism
Exact meaning only
plain language · denotation · scientific language · technical language
personificationabstraction
Distilling to essential qualities
depersonalization · disembodiment · generalization · conceptualization · anonymization