26984 words

personification

3 definitions • 5 examples
1
a person who is a perfect example of something:

Examples:

She played a character who was the personification of evil.
They were creators, builders, the personification of everything that is good about America.
2
the act of giving a human quality or characteristic to something which is not human, or an example of this:

Examples:

Nemesis, in Greek mythology, is the personification of divine justice and the vengeance of the gods.
In the scriptures, there is a very strong personification of wisdom as feminine.
3
the description of an object or an idea as if it had human characteristics:

Examples:

They paid tribute to the artist as "the personification of excellence."

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