A fork of Rural Dictionary
Giving an inanimate object or thing human characteristics
Ex: time leaps forward Incorrect usage: time flies forward(this is a use of a less hear of literary term, avification.)
really can't imagine why you're looking this up on the urban dictionary, but it's a literary term that makes an inatimate object seem alive.
the lake rolled around uneasily in it's bed, waiting to awake and attack the citizens.
1. Somebody who embodies something: an embodiment or perfect example of something. 2. A representation of an abstract quality or notion as a human being, especially in art or literature. 3. The attribution of human qualities to objects or abstract notions.
The definition pretty much covers personification.
Something done as a personification.
The ugly sweater personifically screamed at you.
To spread your persona to others.
I’m going to personificate all over the floor!
A creature created by imagination, often originally deriving from solar rituals but adapting to fit the times. Examples include Death, the Sandman, the Soul-Cake Duck, the Tooth Fairy...and the Hogfather.
"Says here 'Implied Creation Of Anthropomorphic Personification.' What's that mean?" "Er...I think Hex has tried to work out the answer."