Definition of Embodiment

1. Noun. A new personification of a familiar idea. "The very avatar of cunning"

Exact synonyms: Avatar, Incarnation
Generic synonyms: Personification
Specialized synonyms: Deification, Reincarnation
Derivative terms: Incarnate, Incarnate

2. Noun. A concrete representation of an otherwise nebulous concept. "A circle was the embodiment of his concept of life"
Exact synonyms: Shape
Generic synonyms: Concrete Representation, Concretism
Derivative terms: Embody, Shape

3. Noun. Giving concrete form to an abstract concept.
Generic synonyms: Objectification
Specialized synonyms: Soul, Incarnation, Personification
Derivative terms: Embody

Definition of Embodiment

1. n. The act of embodying; the state of being embodied.

Definition of Embodiment

1. Noun. a physical entity typifying an abstraction ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Embodiment

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Embodiment

1. 1. The act of embodying; the state of being embodied. 2. That which embodies or is embodied; representation in a physical body; a completely organised system, like the body; as, the embodiment of courage, or of courtesy; the embodiment of true piety. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Embodiment

emblemizes
emblemizing
emblems
emblems and insignia
emblic
emblics
embloom
embloomed
emblooms
emblossom
embodiable
embodied
embodier
embodiers
embodies
embodiment (current term)
embodiments
embody
embodying
embog
embogged
embogging
embogs
embogue
embogued
embogues
emboguing
emboil
emboiled
emboiling

Literary usage of Embodiment

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Life of Reason; Or, The Phases of Human Progress by George Santayana (1905)
"CHAPTER I HOW RELIGION MAT BE AN embodiment OF REASON Experience has repeatedly confirmed that wen- known maxim of Bacon's, that " a little philoso- ..."

2. Primitive Culture: Researches Into the Development of Mythology, Philosophy by Sir Edward Burnett Tylor (1891)
"... that of Souls—Transition stage : classes of Souls passing into good and evil Demons—Manes- Worship—Doctrine of embodiment of Spirits in human, animal, ..."

3. The Literary History of the American Revolution, 1763-1783 by Moses Coit Tyler (1897)
"... this poem—His delicate and effective use of parody—The essential originality of " M'Fingal"—A genuine embodiment of the spirit and life of the American ..."

4. The Military Forces of the Crown: Their Administration and Government by Charles Mathew Clode (1869)
"... b orce was permitted to remain embodied, after embodiment a definitive treaty of peace had been signed. In the previous November, ..."

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