A literary device in which an inanimate object or an idea is given human qualities.
An artistic representation of an abstract quality as a human
A person, thing or name typifying a certain quality or idea; an embodiment or exemplification.
A figure, image or idea that substitutes reality.
The act of representing.
An object that describes an abstract group in terms of linear transformations of vector spaces; (more formally) a homomorphism from a group on a vector space to the general linear group (group of all bijective linear transformations) on the space.
A statement; a presentation of opinion or position, or an utterance made to influence the opinions or actions of others
The lawyers and staff who argue on behalf of another in court.
That which represents something else.
The ability to elect a representative to speak on one's behalf in government; the role of this representative in government.
A theatrical performance.
An act of representing, i.e. presenting again.