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personification

Noun

Meaning

The act of personifying; impersonation; embodiment.

A figure of speech in which an inanimate object or abstract idea is represented as animated, or endowed with personality; prosopop/ia; as, the floods clap their hands.

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she is the personification of optimism Source: Internet

15th century - the first English personifications of Christmas The first known English personification of Christmas was associated with merry-making, singing and drinking. Source: Internet

Above the volunteers is the winged personification of Liberty. Source: Internet

Almost all references to pagan deities are gone, save Amor who is little more than a personification of love. Source: Internet

As the book follows Uncle Sam as he seeks to reclaim his identity and face a personification of America's corrupt thought an evil doppelganger. Source: Internet

Because this bodhisattva is considered the personification of compassion and kindness, a mother goddess and patron of mothers and seamen, the representation in China was further interpreted in an all-female form around the 12th century. Source: Internet

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