personification
/pɚˌsɑ.nə.fəˈkeɪ.ʃən/ noun B2- A person, thing, or name typifying a certain quality or idea; an embodiment or exemplification. · Adolf Hitler was the personification of anti-Semitism.
- An artistic representation of an abstract quality as a human. · The Grim Reaper is a personification of death.
- The process of creating such a representation: a literary device or other artistic method in which an inanimate object or an idea is given human qualities. · You might search in vain if you go looking for personification in his works: his style was very concrete.· The writer used personification to convey her ideas.
Plural personifications
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Napoleon is the Mahomet of the West, and is worshipped by his commonplace but ambitious followers, not only as a leader and lawgiver, but also as the personification of equality.”
The lamp beat upon his face, and so intent was it and so still that it might have been that of a clear-cut classical statue, a personification of alertness and expectation.
Oh, he is the exact personification of what I have been led to expect!
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