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擬人化 — meaning in English

gijinka

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English meaning

  • personification noun A person or thing that perfectly represents a particular quality.

Senses

擬人化 is used for these senses in English:

  • anthropomorphism The attribution of human characteristics and behavior to something not human. [from mid-18th c.]
  • anthropomorphization attributing human characteristics to something that is nonhuman.
  • personification A person, thing or name typifying a certain quality or idea; an embodiment or exemplification.

personification — full definition

  1. noun A person or thing that perfectly represents a particular quality.
  2. noun A literary technique that gives human qualities to an object, animal, or idea.

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