Noun: personification pu(r),só-ni-fi'key-shun
- Representing an abstract quality or idea as a person or creature
"In the poem, Death was personified as a grim reaper, an example of personification";
- prosopopoeia
- The act of attributing human characteristics to abstract ideas etc.
"The author's personification of death as a gentle figure was poetic";
- incarnation
- A person who represents an abstract quality
"she is the personification of optimism"
Derived forms: personifications
Type of: embodiment, figure, figure of speech, image, individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul, trope
Encyclopedia: Personification