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.
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Judy Berman, Time, 19 Jan. 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
Judy Berman, Time, 19 Jan. 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
Noun
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The vocal and physical manifestations of the characters must become second nature.—
Sarah Sotoodeh , Stephanie Nolasco,
FOXNews.com,
8 Mar. 2026
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An equally strong argument could be made that the dementia was the real cause because his actions are manifestations of his condition.—
Winston Cho,
HollywoodReporter,
28 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The update, spotted by Social Media Today, arrives after X faced heavy scrutiny for letting Grok generate sexualized images of users under their posts.—
Jibin Joseph,
PC Magazine,
10 Mar. 2026
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Complicating any assessment of the incident is the lack of images of bomb fragments from the blast.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
10 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Houses such as Boucheron and Chaumet gave new incarnations to elements mined from their deep archives, whether a signature motif or even a historic address.—
Lily Templeton,
Footwear News,
20 Feb. 2026
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The house then went through a couple of incarnations, owned by different families, before family-run Uga Escapes—whose show-stopping properties, span Anuradhapura to Yala National Park—took it over.—
Harriet Compston,
Condé Nast Traveler,
9 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Using avatars to protect the identities of sensitive contributors.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
13 Mar. 2026
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Their expert avatars included living and dead writers like Stephen King, Neil deGrasse Tyson, and Carl Sagan, but their scraping was incredibly broad reaching and hoovered up more than just the big names.—
James Folta,
Literary Hub,
12 Mar. 2026
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“Personifications.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/personifications. Accessed 16 Mar. 2026.
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