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.
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Solsjkaer's side embodied United's DNA before Ruben Amorim looked to play a more choreographed and risk-averse style of play.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
Faraday Future says it has a leg up on the competition in the world of embodied AI because its bots are ready for delivery.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
There was a “recognition that donnish brainpower—whether embodied in scientific experts, staff office strategists, temporary civil servants or economists tasked with Lend-Lease negotiations—had played a significant part in winning the war.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026
But as the Lord of Darkness, the massively built ruler of the underworld in Ridley Scott’s underappreciated fantasy, Curry embodied a paradox.
From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2026
She handed the smiling doll to him as if this tiny memento embodied the hopes and fears of everyone in the room.
From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool
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