embodiment

noun 3

Collocations

ADJ.

against, classic, contemptible, evil, evil, perfect, sad, true

VERB + EMBODIMENT

am, became, become, said

EMBODIMENT + NOUN

abnormality, beauty, everything, ignorance, law, maltese, perfection, republic

ADV.

sexually

Definitions

noun

The process of embodying.

A physical entity typifying an abstract concept.

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.

The ways that knowledge, personality, culture, etc. are modulated by being experienced through a physical body.

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.

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Synonyms

noun — a concrete representation of an otherwise nebulous concept

shape

noun — a new personification of a familiar idea

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

You are the very embodiment of beauty.

Wiktionary

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.

Wiktionary

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 r

Wiktionary

This woman is the embodiment of perfection.

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She is the embodiment of this way of life.

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She is the embodiment of that way of life.

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