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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Morgan Stanley analyst Adam Jonas, who no longer covers Tesla stock for the brokerage, focusing on AI and robotics, recently wrote about the “embodied AI ecosystem,” based on his acronym DREAMS.
From Barron's
That embodied the mood that Hadid and a sprawling cast of collaborators and musicians tried to cultivate at the third annual benefit show produced by the Canadian Sudanese artist Mustafa.
From Los Angeles Times
They were arguably Buffett’s most productive years, as he developed his signature tropical rock and embodied its ethos.
Born in Pontycymer, she embodied the "Swinging Sixties", embracing it with flamboyance and unique style.
From BBC
"When we hug, the combination of tactile and thermal signals increases our sense of body ownership, so we are more connected to our embodied sense of self," says Dr. Crucianelli.
From Science Daily
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