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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“The Year Room” is a collection of Ash Roberts’ delicate landscape paintings, which reveal a poetic understanding of the natural world and a soft yet embodied color palette.
From Los Angeles Times
She embodied a loveliness, a presence, I was longing for; something I hadn’t found in L.A. — or had lost.
From Los Angeles Times
The casting call, which ran late into the night, embodied the joy of Hollywood, McG said.
From Los Angeles Times
He whispered in the ears of the powerful, strode the battlefield like a god of war and ultimately embodied both of those extremes in performances of exquisite complexity.
From Los Angeles Times
With continued daily use, even a fast and highly capable robotic limb may start to feel "normal," easier to operate, and more fully embodied.
From Science Daily
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