personnification

Definitions of personnification
  1. noun
    the act of attributing human characteristics to abstract ideas etc.
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    type of:
    incarnation
    giving concrete form to an abstract concept
  2. noun
    a person who represents an abstract quality
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    types:
    incarnation
    a new personification of a familiar idea
    type of:
    homme, individu, mortel, être
    a human being
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