personification

C5539
concept

Personification is a literary device in which human traits, emotions, or intentions are attributed to non-human entities, such as animals, objects, or abstract concepts.

All labels observed (35)

Label Occurrences
personification canonical 154
anthropomorphic personification 6
personification of death 6

Description generation (CDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.

Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: personification
Generated description
Personification is a literary device in which human traits, emotions, or intentions are attributed to non-human entities, such as animals, objects, or abstract concepts.

Instances (209)

Instance Via concept surface
Ayudhapurusha of Vishnu
Svaha
Death as the Ignorance allegorical personification
personified Folly
surface form: Personified Folly
Enipeus
Astra Planeta
Ἠώς personification of dawn
Philotes
Ponos
Limos
Hysminai personifications
Neikea
Amphilogiai personifications
Horkos
Nike (Greek goddess of victory)
surface form: Nike
personification of victory
Eosphorus
Tagus River allegory
Douro River allegory
Aruna
Styx (goddess)
surface form: Styx
Dike (goddess)
surface form: Dike
DivineWrath Personification
Ersa
Deimos (mythology)
Roman "Tempus"
surface form: Tempus
Grim Reaper
Nyx Personification of night
Erebus
Ocean
surface form: Oceanus
Roman Concordia
surface form: Concordia
Δεῖμος
Heavenly Muse
Hesperus
Ἁρμονία
Nona
Νέμεσις
Aidos
Pseudea
Justitia
Adikia
La Musica allegorical personification
Fortune allegorical personification
Virtue
Metus
Life-in-Death
Hoosier (personified state nickname)
Mother Nature
Canens
Εὐνομία
Dysnomia