embodiment

[em-bod-ee-muhnt]

noun

1. the act of embodying.

2. the state or fact of being embodied.

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

4. something embodied.

Other Word Forms

• preembodiment noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of embodiment¹

First recorded in 1820–30; embody + -ment

Example Sentences

Why ‘John Candy’? John was the embodiment of goodness and comedy.

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“We are not here to debate politics or platforms or to argue about east or west. And ‘Red Alert’ is the very embodiment of that mission, and I couldn’t be prouder to support this series.”

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Critics praised her as the "embodiment of postwar European glamour".

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For Wonder, 75, Riperton’s music evokes a kinder, gentler era, her soothing voice an embodiment of “a commitment to music, a commitment to peace, a commitment to unity, a commitment to bringing people together.”

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You, Los Angeles, with your California dreams and anything-goes attitude, are the living embodiment of everything that needs to be crushed.

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Related Words

• apotheosis 
• archetype 
• avatar 
• epitome 
• exemplar 
• expression 
• personification 
• realization 
• symbol