personification
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
plural
personifications
plural
personifications
Britannica Dictionary definition of PERSONIFICATION
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a
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a person who has a lot of a particular quality and who is the perfect example of someone who has that quality
— often + of
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Your father is the personification of kindness and generosity. [=he is very kind and generous]
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He is the personification of evil.
b
:
an imaginary person that represents a thing or idea
— often + of
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Uncle Sam is the personification of the U.S. government.
2
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the practice of representing a thing or idea as a person in art, literature, etc.
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the use of personification in a story
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a personification of justice as a woman with her eyes covered
