English-Dutch translations for personification

• personificatie
  In de ogen van onze burgers is de voorzitter van de Europese Commissie: " Mister Europe" . Hij is de personificatie van de Unie.In the eyes of the public, the President of the European Commission is 'Mr Europe' , the personification of the European Union.
  Juist omdat het voeren van een dialoog een conditio sine qua non is voor succes, wil ik u namens onze fractie zeggen dat u als het ware de personificatie bent van de dialoog. As dialogue is very much a sine qua non for success, I would like to say to you, on behalf of my group, that you represent the personification of dialogue.
• verpersoonlijking
  Lech Wałęsa is de meest prominente verpersoonlijking van Solidariteit en de bijbehorende successen. Lech Wałęsa is the most prominent personification of Solidarity and its success.

Definition of personification

• A person, thing or name typifying a certain quality or idea; an embodiment or exemplification
• A literary device in which an inanimate object or an idea is given human qualities
• An artistic representation of an abstract quality as a human

Examples

• Adolf Hitler was the personification of anti-Semitism.
• The writer used personification to convey her ideas.
• The Grim Reaper is a personification of death.

Related words

• personifying
• personify
• personified
• personifier