English Dictionary

personification

/pɚˌsɑ.nə.fəˈkeɪ.ʃən/

noun

A person, thing or name typifying a certain quality or idea; an embodiment or exemplification. / A literary device in which an inanimate object or an idea is given human qualities.

The wind whispered secrets to the trees.

意味（1）

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

Adolf Hitler was the personification of anti-Semitism.

意味（2）

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

The writer used personification to convey her ideas.

意味（3）

An artistic representation of an abstract quality as a human

The Grim Reaper is a personification of death.