embodied
Americanadjective
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expressed, personified, or exemplified in concrete form.
The one-day intensive workshop is designed to shift peacemaking from words and theory to costly, embodied reality.
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having or provided with a body; incarnate or corporeal.
In most folklore, ghosts seem to be bound by many of the same physical laws that bind embodied beings.
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Environmental Science. relating to or being the energy involved or required in the production, maintenance, or use of a particular concrete object, and therefore thought of as part of the object.
You can increase the embodied efficiency of a new house by building it in an already dense neighborhood, taking advantage of existing infrastructure and shorter distances.
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(of writing) portraying the details of bodily experience as they are lived or relived by the writer so as to evoke them sympathetically in the reader.
Acting out your characters is something I recommend as part of the enlivening practice of embodied writing.
verb
Other Word Forms
- well-embodied adjective
Etymology
Origin of embodied
Example Sentences
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While Mangeshkar embodied classical grace and precision, Bhosle brought a bold, dynamic energy to her songs.
From BBC • Apr. 12, 2026
“Libertarians talk a lot about freedom and responsibility. Brian embodied both,” Reason Editor in Chief Katherine Mangu-Ward said in his obituary.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2026
For this run, through March 21, the title figures are embodied by alternating casts of female/female, male/female and male/male pairs.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 9, 2026
In a separate post on social media, he said that Tesla is “the leading embodied AI on Earth.”
From MarketWatch • Mar. 4, 2026
—Every child enrolled at the school should attempt to learn whatever he or she could, for in us—and our peers at other tribal schools—was embodied the hope for a meaningful future for black people.
From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane
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