PERSONIFICATION

personification |pərˌsänəfiˈkā sh ən|nounthe attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form.• a figure intended to represent an abstract quality : the design on the franc shows Marianne, the personification of the French republic.• [in sing. ] a person, animal, or object regarded as representing or embodying a quality, concept, or thing : he was the very personification ofBritish pluck and diplomacy.