- the attribution of human nature or character to animals, inanimate objects, or abstract notions, especially as a rhetorical figure.
- the representation of a thing or abstraction in the form of a person, as in art.
- the person or thing embodying a quality or the like; an embodiment or incarnation: He is the personification of tact.
- an imaginary person or creature conceived or figured to represent a thing or abstraction.
- the act of personifying; the attributing of human qualities to an animal, object, or abstraction: The author's personification of the farm animals made for an enchanting children's book.
- a character portrayal or representation in a dramatic or literary work.
- the attribution of human characteristics to things, abstract ideas, etc, as for literary or artistic effect
- the representation of an abstract quality or idea in the form of a person, creature, etc, as in art and literature
- a person or thing that personifies
- a person or thing regarded as an embodiment of a quality
