personified
Americanadjective
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(of an inanimate object or abstraction) spoken or written of as having the nature or character of a person.
Ancient Greek philosophers referred to personified Wisdom as the logos.
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(of a thing or abstraction) represented visually in the form of a person.
In this video game, Mario teams up with a personified cloud and a doll from another universe.
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embodied or incarnated in a real person or concrete thing.
I honestly admire that musician—to me, he is personified coolness!
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“Unfortunately, but predictably, it was at the expense of signaling that Lululemon was no longer the leading, premium, cool brand initially personified by its muse.”
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 29, 2026
Cabello has personified Venezuela’s ruling socialist movement like few others.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 7, 2026
In 1969, Bardot came to embody the nation itself after President Charles de Gaulle chose her as a new model for Marianne: a mythical figure that has personified the French Republic since the revolution.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 28, 2025
The late P-22 — a celebrity mountain lion that inhabited Griffith Park – personified the tribulations facing his kind.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 10, 2025
And then she was just there, right in front of him, like some sort of huge cosmic coincidence personified.
From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon
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