as in manifestation
a visible representation of something abstract (as a quality)
he's the personification of kindness
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Recent Examples of personification
Depp overloads on his irritating brand of wide-eyed whimsy, and a miscast Sacha Baron Cohen inexplicably sounds like Werner Herzog as the personification of Time.
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Josh Bell, Vulture, 20 Dec. 2024
Medusa was known in ancient Greece for petrifying anyone who dared to look her in the eye, and has been seen as a personification of madness.
—Sarah Belmont, ARTnews.com, 17 Dec. 2024
In the book, Dave depicted Toph (short for Christopher) as a guileless kid, the personification of hope.
—Gary Baum, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Nov. 2024
What was far less obvious, however, was that the show was using her to set the stage for a time-jumping episode that would provide key context for some of the show’s most satisfying twists: Rio was actually the personification of death in disguise.
—Charles Pulliam-Moore, The Verge, 1 Nov. 2024
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Josh Bell, Vulture, 20 Dec. 2024
Medusa was known in ancient Greece for petrifying anyone who dared to look her in the eye, and has been seen as a personification of madness.
—Sarah Belmont, ARTnews.com, 17 Dec. 2024
In the book, Dave depicted Toph (short for Christopher) as a guileless kid, the personification of hope.
—Gary Baum, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Nov. 2024
What was far less obvious, however, was that the show was using her to set the stage for a time-jumping episode that would provide key context for some of the show’s most satisfying twists: Rio was actually the personification of death in disguise.
—Charles Pulliam-Moore, The Verge, 1 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for personification
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The vulnerabilities, affecting the CPUs in later generations of Apple A- and M-series chip sets, open them to side channel attacks, a class of exploit that infers secrets by measuring manifestations such as timing, sound, and power consumption.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
28 Jan. 2025
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Based on the Max Porter novella Grief Is the Thing With Feathers, the film gives grief a physical manifestation, a sinister presence that unmoors Cumberbatch’s character from reality.—
EW Staff,
EW.com,
23 Jan. 2025
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The game follows the early years of Basim Ibn Ishaq, an Assassin who is later revealed to be a human incarnation of Loki.—
Barbara A. Perry,
Newsweek,
28 Jan. 2025
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But this incarnation of Section 31 was even more sinister than the standard variety, having been taken over by a megalomaniac AI known as Control.—
Richard Edwards,
Space.com,
24 Jan. 2025
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The social media user who first shared the image identified it as inauthentic in a follow-up post.—
Joedy McCreary,
USA TODAY,
29 Jan. 2025
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The profile — based on multiple interviews with Ali along with former colleagues, friends and reporters, according to Kiefer — painted an unflattering image of Ali, alleged the plaintiff.—
Andrew J. Campa,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Jan. 2025
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“Personification.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/personification. Accessed 9 Feb. 2025.
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