personified

[ per-son-uh-fahyd ]

/ pərˈsɒn əˌfaɪd /

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adjective

(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.

(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.

embodied or incarnated in a real person or concrete thing:I honestly admire that musician—to me, he is personified coolness!

verb

the simple past tense and past participle of personify.

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Origin of personified

personify + -ed²

OTHER WORDS FROM personified

un·per·son·i·fied, adjective

Words nearby personified

persona non grata, personate, person-day, personhood, personification, personified, personify, personned, personnel, personnel agency, personnel department

How to use personified in a sentence

Jemisin’s urban fantasy — the first of a trilogy — transports readers to a New York City that has come alive, personified in a human avatar.
The most 2020 books of 2020|Angela Haupt|November 19, 2020|Washington Post
The show may go on, but it’s hard to imagine anyone personifying its ideals as well as Alex Trebek did.
Remembering Alex Trebek, The Man With All The Answers|Oliver Roeder|November 9, 2020|FiveThirtyEight
She is against the patriarchy, especially when personified in villainous ogres like the Duke of Deception.
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Fast food and personified death: not exactly Hallmark material.
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New York cannot be personified; it is not an autonomous entity.
New York Is Taylor Swift’s New Boyfriend|Amy Zimmerman|October 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Pennsylvania is purple personified, and Republican Gov. Tom Corbett is collapsing in the Keystone State.
The Tea Party Governor Backlash of 2014|John Avlon|August 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Which brings us to the elephant in the room—the rapacious advance of online bookselling, personified by Amazon.
Amazon Won’t Kill the Indie Bookstore|Bill Morris|July 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
On this occasion, personified by her railway companies, she neglected neither, and in the latter surpassed herself.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland|Joseph Tatlow
The poet is really thinking of his mistress rather than his personified Pity.
Chaucer's Works, Volume 1 (of 7) -- Romaunt of the Rose; Minor Poems|Geoffrey Chaucer
It is easy to understand why the Scotchman, still more than the Englishman, is common sense personified.
Friend Mac Donald|Max O'Rell
The new moral age would have no traffic with those artists in whom the last smile of the eighteenth century was personified.
The History of Modern Painting, Volume 1 (of 4)|Richard Muther
In his dream, he had personified the robot-confessor into the figure of a human judge.
The Status Civilization|Robert Sheckley