personizationn.
/ˌpəːsn̩ʌɪˈzeɪʃn/, /ˌpəːsənʌɪˈzeɪʃn/, U.S. /ˌpərsənəˈzeɪʃ(ə)n/, /ˌpərsəˌnaɪˈzeɪʃ(ə)n/ rare.
Personification; impersonation.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > figure of speech > figures of meaning > [noun] > personification
rhetoric?c1400
prosopopoeia1563
feigning of person1573
personification1728
personifying1728
personization1890
1890 Cent. Dict. Personization.., same as impersonation, or personification.
1924 Glasgow Herald 17 July 4 The earliest cults were connected with the personification of the sky and the earth and of certain animals. The personisation involved some rude representation.
1998 Daily News Los Angeles (Nexis) 3 Mar. (News section) It's one of the biggest problems we're having now with all our burglaries, thieves breaking into houses to steak someone's identity to use or sell... We call it false personization.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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n.1890