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Definition of personification

the act of attributing human characteristics to abstract ideas etc.
representing an abstract quality or idea as a person or creature
a person who represents an abstract quality; "she is the personification of optimism"

Similar Words: incarnation, prosopopoeia

Hyponyms: embodiment, incarnation, avatar, queen

Derivational Morphology: personify, personate, body

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