personification
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definition
noun
In those cultures, many scholars and many books would say the same: All these gods are then personification of some nature or phenomenon.
the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form.
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Here a 'personification' of Painting, crowned with the eye of perspective, is shown in profile extending an embrace toward the hands of friendship.
he was the very 'personification' of British pluck and diplomacy
Evil, mysterious, hostile to health and goodness, demons were once viewed as inferior gods-the 'personification' of the powers behind human sickness, idolatry, and heresy.
he was the very 'personification' of British pluck and diplomacy
But indeed it is only strictly speaking that something is amiss, only if the allegorical content of each 'personification' must be taken seriously.
Not only did Cameron produce numerous portraits of Jackson as herself, but also as a poetic ‘Stella’ and a 'personification' of ‘Beauty.’
These people have become the epitome and complete 'personification' of Greed and Corruption.
Music is simply an 'personification' of the soul.
The ultimate 'personification' of God's love was Jesus, and His love was expressed through the action of dying on the cross.
the book provides a sustained account of how literary 'personification' works
Twain rarely uses 'personification' in this work.
This supposed 'personification' of an ancient sacred landscape appears as nothing of the sort but rather a generic Old Man River figurehead.
Momus, from the Greek word for blame or criticism, was the ancient world's 'personification' of the contrarian spirit.
That's all this 'personification' of modesty has to say.
His grave monument reportedly featured the 'personification' of Oligarchy setting fire to personified Democracy.
She looked the 'personification' of pre-adolescent sulkiness, which perhaps explains the star quality she has for girls aged seven to 10.
The function of this process of 'personification' is that it permits nature to be thought of as if it were a society of persons, and so makes of it a social or moral order.
Perhaps it's partially the combination of 'personification' and blatant gender stereotypes.
Eros is a term insufficiently abstract; Eros is a god, Aphrodite a 'personification' .
To stress apostrophe, 'personification' , prosopopoeia, and hyperbole is to join the theorists who through the ages have emphasized what distinguishes the lyric from other speech acts, what makes it the most literary of forms.
With its emphasis on 'personification' and topical allusion, allegory has a long association with political discourse.
His initial poems lean heavily on outmoded styles and subjects, such as Norse 'personification' , sailors of Devon, or the bird as a correlative for soaring aspiration.
The case may be, the argument might run, that Hebrew can use the singular where most languages, including English, may prefer the plural for a group, and hence there is no real employment of 'personification' .
He was the 'personification' and embodiment of hip-hop.
In Matthew, Jesus is the fulfillment and 'personification' of Torah, the fully ‘faithful Child whom God had desired in Israel.’
However, he reflected deeply on the existence of this inner woman who possessed the power to upset him, and concluded that she must be the 'personification' of his soul.
They acted as the 'personification' or representatives of the party and the country, which were considered two sides of the same coin.
He remains its moderator, its icon, its 'personification' .
In fact, this motif has been interpreted as a 'personification' of Bounty or Charity, a symbol of Ecclesia, or simply as a poor Dutch woman who seeks shelter for herself and her children in the church.
In the drawing for the full composition, the 'personification' of architecture holds a model of a structure with Doric columns.
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