English-Thai Dictionary

personification

N การ ทำให้ เป็น บุคคล  การเทียบ ให้ เป็น บุคคล  การ ทำให้ มี ตัวตน  manifestion embodiment kan-tam-hai-pen-buk-kon

 

personification

N ตัวอย่าง  แบบอย่าง  tua-yang

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PERSONIFICATION

n.[from personify. ] The giving to an inanimate being the figure or the sentiments and language of a rational being; prosopopoeia; as, "confusion heard his voice. "

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PERSONIFICATION

Per *son `i *fi *ca "tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. personnification. ]

 

1. The act of personifying; impersonation; embodiment. C. Knight.

 

2. (Rhet.)

 

Defn: A figure of speech in which an inanimate object or abstract idea is represented as animated, or endowed with personality; prosopopas, the floods clap their hands. "Confusion heards his voice. " Milton.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

personification

per son i fi ca tion |pərˌsänəfiˈkāSHən pərˌsɑnəfəˈkeɪʃən | ▶noun the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form. • a figure intended to represent an abstract quality: the design on the franc shows Marianne, the personification of the French republic. • [ in sing. ] a person, animal, or object regarded as representing or embodying a quality, concept, or thing: he was the very personification of British pluck and diplomacy.

 

Oxford Dictionary

personification

per ¦soni ¦fi |ca ¦tion |pəˌsɒnɪfɪˈkeɪʃ (ə )n | ▶noun 1 [ mass noun ] the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something non-human, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form. 2 a figure intended to represent an abstract quality: the knight is accompanied by two feminine personifications of vice. • a person or thing regarded as embodying a quality, concept, etc.: he was the very personification of British pluck and diplomacy.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

personification

personification noun Foote is the personification of heroism: embodiment, incarnation, epitome, quintessence, essence, type, symbol, soul, model, exemplification, exemplar, image, representation.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

personification

personification noun he was the very personification of British pluck and diplomacy: embodiment, incarnation, epitome, quintessence, essence, type, symbol, soul, picture, model, symbolization, exemplification, exemplar, image, representation, likeness, manifestation; rare avatar.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

personification

per son i fi ca tion /pə r sɑ̀nɪfɪkéɪʃ (ə )n |-sɔ̀n -/名詞 1 U C 〘修辞 〙擬人法 〘無生物 生物を人のように表現する 〙; 人格化, 擬人化 .2 C 〖通例the ～〗化身, 権化, 典型 ; U C 具現, 体現 .