personification

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

   Adolf Hitler was the personification of anti-Semitism.

   Personifizierung

   олицетворе́ниеolicetvorénije, воплоще́ниеvoploščénije

   персоніфіка́ціяpersonifikácija

   representing an abstract quality or idea as a person or creature

2. (исчисляемое)An artistic representation of an abstract quality as a human.

   The Grim Reaper is a personification of death.

   Personifizierung

   персонифика́цияpersonifikácija

   a person who represents an abstract quality

3. (неисчисляемое, обычно)The process of creating such a representation: a literary device or other artistic method in which an inanimate object or an idea is given human qualities.

   You might search in vain if you go looking for personification in his works: his style was very concrete.

   The writer used personification to convey her ideas.

   Personbildung, Personendichtung, Personifikation

   персонифика́цияpersonifikácija

   персоніфіка́ціяpersonifikácija

1. He is the personification of selfishness.

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2. He's seen as the personification of evil.

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3. Copernicus turned from a person into a personification.

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4. Tom is the personification of an inferiority complex.

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