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personification definition

per·soni·fi·ca·tion (pər sän′ə fi kā′s̸hən)

noun

  1. a personifying or being personified
  2. a person or thing thought of as representing some quality, thing, or idea; embodiment; perfect example he is the personification of honesty
  3. a figure of speech in which a thing, quality, or idea is represented as a person

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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