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• n  a person who represents an abstract quality
  she is the personification of optimism
• n  representing an abstract quality or idea as a person or creature
• n  the act of attributing human characteristics to abstract ideas etc.

• Never pompous, always good-humored, only serious in the face of matters that could not tastefully be treated otherwise, a crusader for London and the personification of the most .
• I became the personification of the prototype that I was describing in the magazine.
• Glittering in the archives of financial fraud is the record of Charles Ponzi, duper extraordinary, personification of quick riches.

• prosopopoeia
• incarnation

News & Articles

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• Digital Health Meets Moneyball: Biomarkers And The 'Quantified Athlete'
  Most of us have heard about the quantified self--the personification of the digital health revolution.
  June 19, 2013 - Forbes

Quotes

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• Dan Snyder in Washington City Paper
  Bruce Allen is the personification of an NFL winner,Snyder said at the press conference late last season announcing he'd hired Allen.
• Al Michaels in USA Today
  Al Michaels described McKay as the "personification of class and style."
• Larry Lucchino in USA Today
  He is the personification of what a great citizen should be,said Red Sox president Larry Lucchino, who also attended the ceremony. "He's the heart and soul of Red Sox Nation."