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   Per·son·i·fi·ca·tion

   /pərˌsänəfəˈkāSH(ə)n/

   

   noun

   • 1. the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form.
   • ▪ a figure intended to represent an abstract quality: "the design on the franc shows Marianne, the personification of the French republic"
   • ▪ a person, animal, or object regarded as representing or embodying a quality, concept, or thing: "he was the very personification of British pluck and diplomacy"

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