1 the description of an object or an idea as if it had human characteristics:
They paid tribute to the artist as "the personification of excellence."
He was the personification of courage with all the illnesses he went through.
He spent a long time talking frankly to journalists and being the personification of charm itself.
Their emperor was meant to be the personification of the sun.
He is usually thought to be a personification of evil, and in the minds of many he comes dangerously close to comedy in this regard.
Of course, personification is dangerous ground even when as stripped of indulgence and as credible as it is here.
Typically, futuristic or alien personification and representation by popular musicians attempt to circumvent this line of thinking.
It is also a process we can stand back from, recognizing, nevertheless, the perception of the phenomena that personification secures.
There are two especially interesting features about this particular personification.
