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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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Example Sentences
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But he was also the acerbic embodiment of The Critic.
From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026
Macron, who attended the country’s top schools, “has become the embodiment of everything populists hate,” said Olivier Costa, a research professor at the Paris-based Sciences Po university and France’s National Center for Scientific Research.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 9, 2026
One of the next stages in the broader AI landscape is its physical embodiment - essentially meaning robots.
From BBC • Apr. 21, 2026
Domingues found the ideal embodiment of this complex character in Kaiony Venâncio, an actor from the city of Natal who had mostly worked in short films.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2026
Many of them were delicious in the rale; one of them was the embodiment of every womanly grace and charm.
From "The Awakening" by Kate Chopin
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