Pronunciation: /pəˌsɒnɪfɪˈkeɪʃ(ə)n/
noun
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1 [mass noun] the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something non-human, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form: the book provides a sustained account of how literary personification works
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2a figure intended to represent an abstract quality: the knight is accompanied by two feminine personifications of vice
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a person or thing regarded as embodying a quality, concept, etc.: he was the very personification of British pluck and diplomacy