Embodiment

Quick meaning: Embodiment is a noun meaning The process of embodying.

Meaning

The process of embodying.

More Meanings

1. (countable) A physical entity typifying an abstract concept.
2. (sociology) The ways that knowledge, personality, culture, etc. are modulated by being experienced through a physical body.

Example Sentences

You are the very embodiment of beauty.

The law is the true embodiment / Of everything that's excellent. / It has no kind of fault or flaw, / And I, my Lords, embody the law.

And with his trademark smoking jackets and pipes – and the silk pajamas he would often wear to work – Hefner became the embodiment of a sexually adventurous yet urbane image and lifestyle, a seeming role model for generations of men.

In many respects, the genre [science fiction] was exceptionally well suited to extrapolate from contemporary social concerns and promote visions of alternative societies, new forms of embodiment, and novel pathways for desire and pleasure.

Word Forms

• embodiments

Synonyms for embodiment

Depending on context, synonyms include incarnation, shape, avatar.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include incarnation, shape, avatar, materialization, materialisation, personification.

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