personification

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a person who represents an abstract quality
  2. noun representing an abstract quality or idea as a person or creature
  3. noun the act of attributing human characteristics to abstract ideas etc.

Etymology

From person(ify) + -ification.

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