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Etymology
Origin of embodiment
Explanation
The embodiment of something gives concrete form to an abstract idea. A flag is the embodiment of a country. When you talk about embodiment, you're talking about giving a form to ideas that are usually not physical: like love, hate, fear, justice, etc. A gavel is the embodiment of justice; a wedding ring can be the embodiment of love. The word body in embodiment is a clue to its meaning: this is a word for giving a body to things that usually don't have one.
Vocabulary lists containing embodiment
The Crucible
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The Awakening
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The Boys in the Boat
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Example Sentences
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To glance from Robert Williams’ “Six Eyed Kook as the Very Embodiment of the Anti-Clown” to Gary Panter’s “Boarding Pass” is to travel from a world of fastidiously described detail to one of stylized icons.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 11, 2017
Embodiment of a Catch-22, as they are given control over an uncontrollable bunch.
From Golf Digest • Nov. 10, 2016
Embodiment was more of an idea, a principle.
From Scientific American • Dec. 28, 2012
“The majority of women that I have interviewed have generally viewed the term positively,” notes Meredith Nash, author of the forthcoming book Making Postmodern Mothers: Pregnant Embodiment, Baby Bumps, and Body Image.
From Slate • May 18, 2012
Words as Permanent Embodiment of Poetic Feeling We have seen that the characteristic vocabulary of poetry originates in emotion and that it is capable of transmitting emotion to the hearer or reader.
From A Study of Poetry by Perry, Bliss
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