personification

(noun)

noun

1. a person who represents an abstract quality

- she is the personification of optimism

Definition categories: person, individual, mortal, somebody, someone, soul

2. representing an abstract quality or idea as a person or creature

Similar word(s): prosopopoeia

Definition categories: communication, figure, image, trope

3. the act of attributing human characteristics to abstract ideas etc.

Similar word(s): incarnation

Definition categories: act, embodiment

Sentences with personification as a noun:

- Adolf Hitler was the personification of anti-Semitism.

- The writer used personification to convey her ideas.

- The Grim Reaper is a personification of death.