personification

English Thesaurus

1. the act of attributing human characteristics to abstract ideas etc. (noun.act)

hypernym	:	embodiment,
definition	:	giving concrete form to an abstract concept (noun.act)

2. representing an abstract quality or idea as a person or creature (noun.communication)

hypernym	:	figure, figure of speech, image, trope,
definition	:	language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense (noun.communication)

3. a person who represents an abstract quality (noun.person)

hypernym	:	individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul,
definition	:	a human being (noun.tops)

hyponym	:	avatar, embodiment, incarnation,
definition	:	a new personification of a familiar idea (noun.person)

hyponym	:	queen,
definition	:	something personified as a woman who is considered the best or most important of her kind (noun.person)

4. the act of attributing human characteristics to abstract ideas etc. (noun.act)

derivation	:	personate, personify,
definition	:	attribute human qualities to something (verb.cognition)

5. representing an abstract quality or idea as a person or creature (noun.communication)

derivation	:	body, personify, body, personify,
definition	:	invest with or as with a body; give body to (verb.stative)

6. the act of attributing human characteristics to abstract ideas etc. (noun.act)

derivation	:	personate, personify,
definition	:	attribute human qualities to something (verb.cognition)

7. representing an abstract quality or idea as a person or creature (noun.communication)

derivation	:	body, personify, body, personify,
definition	:	invest with or as with a body; give body to (verb.stative)