embodiment

[em-bod-ee-muhnt]

noun

1. the act of embodying.

2. the state or fact of being embodied.

3. a person, being, or thing embodying a spirit, principle, abstraction, etc; incarnation.

4. something embodied.

Other Word Forms

• preembodiment noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of embodiment¹

First recorded in 1820–30; embody + -ment

Example Sentences

Critics praised her as the "embodiment of postwar European glamour".

From BBC

For Wonder, 75, Riperton’s music evokes a kinder, gentler era, her soothing voice an embodiment of “a commitment to music, a commitment to peace, a commitment to unity, a commitment to bringing people together.”

From Los Angeles Times

You, Los Angeles, with your California dreams and anything-goes attitude, are the living embodiment of everything that needs to be crushed.

From Los Angeles Times

That vile legislation is, in many ways, the embodiment of the right’s revolutionary plan to remake nearly every part of American society in their own image.

From Salon

Sour is an embodiment of glee, of pleasure and of great joy.

From Salon

Related Words

• apotheosis 
• archetype 
• avatar 
• epitome 
• exemplar 
• expression 
• personification 
• realization 
• symbol