personification

  1. Noun.  A person, thing or name typifying a certain quality or idea; an embodiment or exemplification.
  2. Noun.  A figure of speech, prosopopeia, in which an inanimate object or an abstraction is given human qualities.
  3. Noun.  An artistic representation of an abstract quality as a human.

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