per ‧ son ‧ i ‧ fi ‧ ca ‧ tion /pəˌsɒnəfəˈkeɪʃ ə n, pəˌsɒnɪfəˈkeɪʃ ə n $ pərˌsɑː-/ BrE AmE noun
[ Word Family: noun : ↑ person , ↑ personality , ↑ persona , ↑ personage , the personals, ↑ personification , ↑ personnel ; adjective : ↑ personal ≠ ↑ impersonal , ↑ personalized , ↑ personable ; verb : ↑ personalize , ↑ personify ; adverb : ↑ personally ≠ ↑ impersonally ]
1 . the personification of something someone who is a perfect example of a quality because they have a lot of it:
He became the personification of the financial excess of the 1980s.
2 . [uncountable and countable] the representation of a thing or a quality as a person, in literature or art
personification of
the personification of rivers in fifth-century art