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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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