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.