as in manifestation
a visible representation of something abstract (as a quality)
he's the personification of kindness
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Recent Examples of personification
That dream match is the perfect personification of a battle of two different eras.
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Blake Oestriecher, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2025
Users would take the drug and enter a trancelike state, after which many reported encounters with the spirits of dead ancestors or personifications of abstract forces such as time and death.
—Dan Brooks, The Atlantic, 21 Feb. 2025
The 10-episode series follows Morpheus (Tom Sturridge), the personification of dreams and one of the seven Endless, is captured in an occult ritual in 1916.
—Denise Petski, Deadline, 31 Jan. 2025
His words and tone are encouraging, and the Oilers’ investment in him is the personification of low rise.
—Allan Mitchell, The Athletic, 22 Jan. 2025
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Blake Oestriecher, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2025
Users would take the drug and enter a trancelike state, after which many reported encounters with the spirits of dead ancestors or personifications of abstract forces such as time and death.
—Dan Brooks, The Atlantic, 21 Feb. 2025
The 10-episode series follows Morpheus (Tom Sturridge), the personification of dreams and one of the seven Endless, is captured in an occult ritual in 1916.
—Denise Petski, Deadline, 31 Jan. 2025
His words and tone are encouraging, and the Oilers’ investment in him is the personification of low rise.
—Allan Mitchell, The Athletic, 22 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for personification
Noun
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Inside the park, attendees can roam through physical manifestations of Nintendo games, including the Mushroom Kingdom and Donkey Kong Country.—
Sage Anderson,
Rolling Stone,
22 May 2025
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Her mom has trouble with intimate relationships and is sort of like a boy crazy mom, and Taylor's the one that's seeing the manifestation of that, and essentially comforting her mother and trying to help her.—
Sydney Bucksbaum,
EW.com,
21 May 2025
Noun
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Throughout season 1 the Doctor met numerous incarnations of the same woman, all played by Susan Twist.—
Richard Edwards,
Space.com,
17 May 2025
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The relationship between corruption and the modern incarnation of right-wing populism is twofold, in that populists often run against corruption and then behave corruptly.—
Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
16 May 2025
Noun
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To backtrack: Sepideh Farsi was compelled by the images coming out of Gaza to travel there.—
Sophie Monks Kaufman,
IndieWire,
17 May 2025
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Escape to paradise without leaving your home with Southern photographer Kristen M. Brown’s new coffee table book Slice of Pura Vida-dise, which features over 150 images of beaches, sunsets, and surf culture, and feels like an instant vacation.—
Kait Hanson,
Southern Living,
16 May 2025
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“Personification.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/personification. Accessed 28 May. 2025.
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