1. THE ATTRIBUTION OF A PERSONAL NATUREHUMAN CHARACTERISTICS TO SOMETHING NONHUMAN, OR THE REPRESENTATION OF AN ABSTRACT QUALITY IN HUMAN FORM. "THE DESIGN ON THE FRANC SHOWS MARIANNE, THE PERSONIFICATION OF THE FRENCH REPUBLIC" SYNONYMS: EMBODIMENT, INCARNATION, EPITOME, QUINTESSENCE, ESSENCE, TYPE, SYMBOL, SOUL, MODEL, EXEMPLIFICATION, EXEMPLAR, IMAGE, REPRESENTATION MORE A PERSON, ANIMAL, OR OBJECT REGARDED AS REPRESENTING OR EMBODYING A QUALITY, CONCEPT, OR THING. "