the attribution of a personal nature or character to inanimate objects or abstract notions, esp. as a rhetorical figure.

the representation of a thing or abstraction in the form of a person, as in art.

the person or thing embodying a quality or the like; an embodiment or incarnation

He is the personification of tact.

an imaginary person or creature conceived or figured to represent a thing or abstraction.

the act of personifying.

a character portrayal or representation in a dramatic or literary work.

noun

exteriorization , externalization , incarnation , manifestation , materialization , objectification , personalization , substantiation , type , prosopopeia , role