personification

Often described as monstrous, irredeemable from the crib and the personification of malice, Cathy is both Eve and serpent in Steinbeck’s heavy-handed biblical allegory.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

"The personification of the club with two of the most senior figures in Abu Dhabi make it likely that the leadership in the UAE will take the ruling very personally," said Ulrichsen.

From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026

I write about my Papi as the puckish personification of immigrant America.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026

Kelly is well-known among team-mates for being the personification of the modern Lionesses.

From BBC ● Jul. 28, 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

I think of these objects as personifications, as having the capacity to be storytellers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2022

Neither of the Haywoods feel quite like “real” people but rather like heightened personifications of artists hungry to become part of the movie-making business — no matter the cost.

From The Verge ● Jul. 21, 2022

It's about Dream, one of several immortal siblings who are anthropomorphic personifications of different aspects of the human condition.

From Salon ● Mar. 4, 2022

Yet Scott’s script teeters between presenting fully drawn characters and firm personifications, ultimately failing at either.

From New York Times ● Oct. 13, 2021

Nor did these fanciful artists confine themselves to subjects taken from ancient fable; they added others in which they poetically introduced various personifications.

From The History of Painting in Italy, Vol. IV (of 6) from the Period of the Revival of the Fine Arts to the End of the Eighteenth Century by Luigi Antonio Lanzi