noun, verb ·5 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Personification. countable, uncountable

   "[…] rejecting poetic pantheism and sentimental Romantic personifyings of inanimate things."

Verb

1. 1
   present participle and gerund of personify form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

All synonyms

apishechoicfigurativegraphicideographicillustrative

Example

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"The actor must be prepared at the time of personifying a character."

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