Synonyms for personification
- noun
Most common
Definitions
- n. 1
A person, thing, or name typifying a certain quality or idea; an embodiment or exemplification.
Adolf Hitler was the personification of anti-Semitism.
Related words
- Word family
- personify
Forms
- Plural
- personifications → incarnations, prosopopoeiae…
Example sentences
- incarnation Budai statues depict a fat and happy incarnation of Buddha.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| personification | rising | |
| incarnation | rising | |
| prosopopoeia | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 11 letters
- incarnation4
- 12 letters
- prosopopoeia
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (incarnation4 = 4 syllables).