personification

Summary

personification is a stylistic device^[1]. personification draws 1,531 Wikipedia views per month (stylistic_device category, ranking #15 of 107).^[2]

Key Facts

• personification's instance of is recorded as stylistic device^[3].
• personification is a type of artistic theme^[4].
• personification is a type of abstract being^[5].
• personification is a type of figure of speech^[6].
• personification is used for metaphor^[7].
• personification's Commons category is recorded as Personifications^[8].
• personification's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Personifications^[9].
• personification's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia^[10].
• personification's described by source is recorded as The Oxford Dictionary of Architecture^[11].
• personification's described by source is recorded as Iconologia^[12].
• personification's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[13].
• personification's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 1^[14].
• personification's described by source is recorded as Blackwood's Magazine^[15].
• personification's described by source is recorded as Basque Literature Terms Dictionary^[16].
• personification's partially coincident with is recorded as animalisation^[17].
• personification's partially coincident with is recorded as anthropomorphism^[18].

Body

Definition and Type

personification's instance of is recorded as stylistic device^[3]. Recorded subclass of include artistic theme^[4], abstract being^[5], and figure of speech^[6].

Use and Application

personification is used for metaphor^[7].

Why It Matters

personification draws 1,531 Wikipedia views per month (stylistic_device category, ranking #15 of 107).^[2] personification has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[19] personification is known by 44 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[20]