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."
"Er...I think Hex has tried to work out the answer."
by Ukulelelike February 1, 2013
Get the Anthropomorphic Personification mug.Someone who holds views similar to a humanist (i.e. upholding human reason, ethics, and justice, and rejecting supernaturalism, pseudoscience, and superstition), but with different rights-criteria. The main distinction is that personists believe that rights are conferred to the extent that a creature is a person.
Consequently, a member of the human species will not necessarily fit the definition of “person” and may not receive all the rights bestowed to a person. This philosophy is also supposedly open to the idea that such non-human persons as machines, animals, and extraterrestrial life (depending on their sentience) may be entitled to certain rights currently granted only to humans.
Consequently, a member of the human species will not necessarily fit the definition of “person” and may not receive all the rights bestowed to a person. This philosophy is also supposedly open to the idea that such non-human persons as machines, animals, and extraterrestrial life (depending on their sentience) may be entitled to certain rights currently granted only to humans.
John prefers to identify himself as a Personist rather than a Humanist, because he believes that humans are not the only animal species worthy of consideration.
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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.
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Get the Perleoni mug.1.to represent (a thing or abstraction) in the form of a person, as in art.comedy
2.to embody (a quality, idea, etc.) in a real person or a concrete thing.
3.intoxicated from drugs; high.
4.exhausted or incapacitated through intemperance; burned-out.
2.to embody (a quality, idea, etc.) in a real person or a concrete thing.
3.intoxicated from drugs; high.
4.exhausted or incapacitated through intemperance; burned-out.
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1. The height of ludicrosity--an extreme case of absurdity and humor--experienced on a human level.
2. An event of unbelievable ridiculousness.
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1. The height of ludicrosity--an extreme case of absurdity and humor--experienced on a human level.
2. An event of unbelievable ridiculousness.
Example of ludicrosity personified- I was speaking with a kid on the street who said he has healing hands because his friend regained consciousness when he held her hand. Of course, it could have been the glucose tab that helped the diabetic.
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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.
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.
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