personification

Definition

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

Etymology

From person(ify) + -ification.

Example Sentences

• "Adolf Hitler was the personification of anti-Semitism."
• "He might have sat for a personification of fear: if he moved, he seemed rather afraid of his own shadow following him too closely; if he laughed, he soon checked himself, quite alarmed at the sound."
• "De Coude was the personification of coolness—was he not the best shot in France?"