personifications

noun

plural of personification
as in manifestations
a visible representation of something abstract (as a quality) he's the personification of kindness

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Recent Examples of personifications Industry is where innocence goes to die, choked out in bed by various personifications of greed. — Judy Berman, Time, 8 July 2026 These three deities are thought to be personifications of the Dao who inhabit the highest realms of the Daoist cosmos, far from the dust of day-to-day life. — Michael Naparstek, The Conversation, 6 July 2026 This lawless crew shares dramaturgical DNA with the vice figures from medieval morality plays, personifications of sinfulness who would confide their schemes to the audience and make theatergoers their co-conspirators in a riveting game that obviously left its mark on a young Shakespeare. — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for personifications
  1. manifestations
  2. images
  3. incarnations
  4. avatars
Noun
  • In Salento, each town nestled into a shallow valley or slim rise has its own dialectal name for the almond in its varied manifestations—as tree, as fruit, as orchard.
    — Angelica Calabrese, Longreads, 7 July 2026
  • The persistence of these misconceptions matters because clinicians and the public alike may expect Ebola to look dramatic from the outset, when in reality its early manifestations often resemble many other common infectious diseases.
    — Krutika Kuppalli, STAT, 26 June 2026
Definition of manifestations
Noun
  • In 2026, a surge of legal disputes arose from the unauthorized use of individuals' images, voices, and creative works.
    — Schuyler Moore, Forbes.com, 30 July 2026
  • During the five-day preliminary hearing, prosecutors displayed gruesome crime scene images of Hernandez’s remains and produced hundreds of text messages between Burke and Hernandez that provided an in-depth look at their relationship.
    — Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2026
Definition of images
Noun
  • Fans of the graphic novel series may notice the storyline is not exactly what’s in the 2015 novella — a choice that made sense for their screen incarnations, says Oseman.
    — Abbey White, HollywoodReporter, 18 July 2026
  • Although established names like Nicolas Cage, Brendan Fraser, Josh Hartnett, and Jude Law had been linked with previous incarnations of Superman, Singer opted to cast an unknown, just as Donner had done with the peerless Reeve.
    — Richard Edwards, Space.com, 28 June 2026
Definition of incarnations
Noun
  • In the new trailer, the avatars have also entered the real world, but they are stuck in demo mode.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 29 July 2026
  • The reboots transitioned the story from the classic Jumanji board game to a video game, following a group of teenagers whose in-game avatars are played by Johnson, Hart, Black and Gillan.
    — Kennedy French, Variety, 29 July 2026
Definition of avatars

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