embodiment

[ em-bod-ee-muhnt ]

/ ɛmˈbɒd i mənt /

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noun

the act of embodying.

the state or fact of being embodied.

a person, being, or thing embodying a spirit, principle, abstraction, etc; incarnation.

something embodied.

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Origin of embodiment

First recorded in 1820–30; embody + -ment

OTHER WORDS FROM embodiment

pre·em·bod·i·ment, noun

Words nearby embodiment

emblematic, emblematist, emblematize, emblements, emblemize, embodiment, embody, emboîté, embolden, embole, embolectomy

How to use embodiment in a sentence

At 6-foot-7 and weighing 275 pounds, he used his imposing physique to give shape and form to Darth Vader’s threatening presence on screen as the embodiment of the Evil Empire.
David Prowse, English actor and weightlifter who embodied Darth Vader, dies at 85|Louie Estrada|November 29, 2020|Washington Post
These researchers have now discovered some of the physical embodiment of that mechanism.
Brain Cell DNA Refolds Itself to Aid Memory Recall|Elena Renken|November 2, 2020|Quanta Magazine
The plan is maybe best known as the embodiment of the mayor’s pledge at the 2019 State of the City address to eliminate limits on building heights outside the coastal area, and to end parking minimums for new developments near transit.
Politics Report: Faulconer Positions Big Move for Lame Duck Season|Andrew Keatts and Scott Lewis|October 24, 2020|Voice of San Diego
The narrative surrounding his sub two-hour marathon last year in Vienna, as well as the 2017 attempt in Monza, Italy, where he came up 26 seconds short, was that these feats were supposed to be the ultimate embodiment of his otherworldly talents.
Eliud Kipchoge’s Streak Comes to an End in London|Martin Fritz Huber|October 5, 2020|Outside Online

When Samsung announced the first Galaxy Z Fold smartphone back in 2019, it was the perfect embodiment of an early adopter device.
Small upgrades could make for big improvements in Samsung’s latest folding smartphone|Stan Horaczek|September 2, 2020|Popular Science
But what is it like to be the embodiment of that, as an ethnically ambiguous individual?
What It's Like To Be Ambiguously Ethnic|The Daily Beast Video|November 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
This Palmer stands for elegance and sophistication: the embodiment of natural gifts, both athletic and personal.
Will the Real Jim Palmer Please Stand Up|Tom Boswell|September 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
One interpretation suggests he is the embodiment of whisky, a lewd allusion to a tenured tradition of Scottish alcoholism.
Scotland’s ‘Yes’ Campaign and the Myth of Scottish Equality|Noah Caldwell|September 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
If Daylyt was an embodiment of what battle rap can be, Murda Mook is a precision-tuned instrument of absolute lyrical destruction.
America’s Poets: Battle Rap Gets Real|Rich Goldstein|July 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“Within its 1806 embodiment of the cocktail incarnate—spirit, sweetner, bitters, water—there is traditionalism,” Simonson writes.
The Rise and Fall…and Rise Again of the Old-Fashioned|Allison McNearney|June 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Many of them were delicious in the role; one of them was the embodiment of every womanly grace and charm.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories|Kate Chopin
Christianity is the embodiment of the gentler graces; paganism, in its purest form, that of the sterner virtues.
The Catacombs of Rome|William Henry Withrow
Still, it was a marvel that the impassioned Lynn should recognise in her the embodiment of his poetic dream of woman.
Alone|Marion Harland
Franklin was received with ludicrous adulation as an embodiment of republican virtue and philosophic thought.
The Political History of England - Vol. X.|William Hunt
Hogarth is the embodiment of John Bull; you can hear him growl, like some savage bull-dog.
The History of Modern Painting, Volume 1 (of 4)|Richard Muther

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