personification

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A way of writing that gives human qualities to an object, animal, or idea.

   "The wind whispered through the trees" is an example of personification.

2. 2
   noun

   A person or thing that is a perfect example of a particular quality.

   The kind old doctor was the personification of patience.

From person(ify) + -ification.

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