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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Rei Ami embodied “divine feminine” in a look by Joseph Altuzarra featuring an abstract imprint of the female form.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026
All of us corporate hacks back in those days knew there were a lot of truths embodied in that hilarious Jack Lemmon film.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026
"With his rigour, his courage and his idealism, he embodied a lofty idea of the Republic," said President Emmanuel Macron.
From BBC • Mar. 23, 2026
In a separate post on social media, he said that Tesla is “the leading embodied AI on Earth.”
From MarketWatch • Mar. 4, 2026
Hub Heap, who came out here in 1939 and later started a successful oil field supply company, remembered well the single event that embodied his early days in Odessa.
From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger
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