personification

Noun
  1. A person who represents an abstract quality (synset 110437846)
    "she is the personification of optimism"
    is a type of: individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being
    subtypes:
    • avatar, embodiment, incarnation - a new personification of a familiar idea
    • queen - something personified as a woman who is considered the best or most important of her kind
  2. Representing an abstract quality or idea as a person or creature (synset 107122808)
    is a type of: figure, figure of speech, image, trope - language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense
    same as: prosopopoeia
  3. The act of attributing human characteristics to abstract ideas etc. (synset 100935074)
    is a type of: embodiment - giving concrete form to an abstract concept
    same as: incarnation

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