English-Swedish translations for personification

• personifikation en

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