personification
[/pərˌsɑːnɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/]
nounfemininepl: personifications / personificações
personificação
1. The representation of a thing or abstraction as a person; the attribution of human characteristics to non-human things
Death as a skeleton is a common personification in art.
A morte como um esqueleto é uma personificação comum na arte.
2. A person who embodies or is a perfect example of a particular quality or thing
She is the personification of elegance and grace.
Ela é a personificação da elegância e graça.
3. In literature and rhetoric, a literary device that gives human attributes to animals, objects, or abstract concepts
The poet used personification when he wrote that the wind whispered through the trees.
O poeta usou personificação quando escreveu que o vento sussurrava através das árvores.
Personification is a fundamental literary device extensively taught in both American and Brazilian educational systems. In Brazilian Portuguese literature, particularly in romantic and modernist periods, personification appears frequently in poetry. The term is widely used in academic and literary criticism across both cultures. In contemporary usage, it's common in marketing and branding to describe how brands or products embody certain qualities.
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