Definition of "personification" in English

noun

1. A person, thing or name typifying a certain quality or idea; an embodiment or exemplification.

   • Adolf Hitler was the personification of anti-Semitism.

2. A literary device in which an inanimate object or an idea is given human qualities.

   • The writer used personification to convey her ideas.

3. An artistic representation of an abstract quality as a human

   • The Grim Reaper is a personification of death.