personification
英 [pə,sɒnɪfɪ'keɪʃ(ə)n]
美[pɚ,sɑnɪfɪ'keʃən]
- n. 人格化；化身；拟人法（一种修辞手法）；象征
英英释意
- 1. a person who represents an abstract quality;
- "she is the personification of optimism"
- 2. representing an abstract quality or idea as a person or creature
- 3. the act of attributing human characteristics to abstract ideas etc.