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personification

[per-son-uh-fi-key-shuhn] / pərˌsɒn ə fɪˈkeɪ ʃən /
NOUN
human characteristics
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“He’s the personification of the U.S. military, the human representative of everyone who wears the uniform and their families.”

From Salon • Apr. 11, 2026

Bale blossomed into an otherworldly talent who went on to achieve feats beyond any of his countrymen, the personification of Wales' golden generation.

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026

“To have that personification . . . and her house was such a tribute to that too . . .”

From Salon • Mar. 29, 2025

Finally, fittingly, with Monday’s lucrative contract extension, there’s also no more asterisk on Dave Roberts himself, a worthy successor and daily personification of the great Lasorda.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2025

His parents call him precocious; I looked it up, and it does not mean the personification of an earsplitting, nerve-jangling, head-pounding, exasperating plague that makes you long for deportation from your own country.

From "Liar, Liar" by Gary Paulsen




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