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personification

per.son.i.fi.ca.tion \p*r-.sa:n-*-f*-'ka--sh*n\ n : an act of personifying 
   or something that personifies : as  : attribution of personal qualities; 
   esp : representation of a th ing or abstraction as a person or by the human 
   form : a divinity or imaginary being thought of as representing a thing or 
   abs traction : EMBODIMENT, INCARNATION