personification
nounfeminine/pɨɾsunifikɐˈsɐ̃w̃/medium
per·so·ni·fi·ca·ção
Definition
The action or effect of personifying; the attribution of human characteristics to inanimate objects, animals, ideas, or abstractions.
The fable uses the personification of animals to convey a moral lesson.
Death is often the personification of the end of life in literature.
Common collocations
personification of an ideapersonification of natureuse of personification
Etymology
Do latim 'personificatio', de 'persona' (pessoa) + 'facere' (fazer).