Personifier

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. An entity that embodies or represents a concept or quality as a physical being or character
2. A figure that gives human traits and characteristics to abstract ideas or inanimate objects, allowing them to be personified
3. Someone or something that serves as an embodiment of particular attributes, effectively turning the abstract into the tangible

Etymology: "Personifier" is a plain agent noun: the word "personify" with the suffix "-er" added to name the thing or person that performs the action. To personify is to give a person's form or qualities to something that is not human, and a personifier is whatever does that, whether a writer, an artist, or a figure in a story. The base verb "personify" comes from "person" joined with a Latin-derived element meaning "to make," so the whole word traces back to the idea of making something into a person. The suffix "-er" is English in function and was attached to the verb to form this noun, so the word is a straightforward formation rather than a borrowing.

Synonyms: embodiment, symbol