[per-son-uh-fi-key-shuh
n] 
| 1. | the attribution of a personal nature or character to inanimate objects or abstract notions, esp. as a rhetorical figure. |
| 2. | the representation of a thing or abstraction in the form of a person, as in art. |
| 3. | the person or thing embodying a quality or the like; an embodiment or incarnation: He is the personification of tact. |
| 4. | an imaginary person or creature conceived or figured to represent a thing or abstraction. |
| 5. | the act of personifying. |
| 6. | a character portrayal or representation in a dramatic or literary work. |