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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Wrestling strips life’s complications down to primal conflicts, and few wrestlers embodied this approach as famously, and forebodingly, as Hulk Hogan.
Just as often, he stepped into roles that embodied facets of his closely held values.
From Salon
The neighborhood embodied wealth and privilege in Los Angeles, but for 49-year-old Atayde, a housekeeper, it only represented one thing — opportunity.
From Los Angeles Times
Reiner, who rose to fame in the CBS sitcom “All in the Family” and directed still-beloved films like “The Princess Bride,” “When Harry Met Sally…” and “Misery,” embodied late 20th century Hollywood.
During 52 days of testimony that began in November 2024 and concluded in March, Lai defended Apple Daily, saying that it embodied the “core values of the people of Hong Kong.”
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