embodimentimbodimentn.
/ɛmˈbɒdɪmənt//ɪmˈbɒdɪmənt/ 1. The action of embodying; the process or state of being embodied. literal and figurative.
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the world > existence and causation > existence > substantiality or concreteness > [noun] > concreteness > embodiment
incarnation1615
concretion1642
corporality1642
incorporation1642
corporification1651
substantiation1770
embodiment1858
insubstantiation1867
bodiment1873
concretization1939
1858 N. Hawthorne Fr. & Ital. Jrnls. II. 19 As long as a beautiful thought shall require physical embodiment.
1862 F. Hall tr. N. N. Gore Rational Refut. Hindu Philos. Syst. 125 Souls..condemned, by reason of sin, to repeated embodiment.
1881 Athenæum No. 2811. 348/2 No less admirable is Herr Reichmann's embodiment of Wolfram.
2. concrete. That in which (something) is embodied.
a. The corporeal ‘vesture’ or ‘habitation’ of (a soul). Also figurative.
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the world > life > the body > [noun]
lichamc888
bodyeOE
earthOE
lichOE
bone houseOE
dustc1000
fleshOE
utter mana1050
bonesOE
bodiȝlichc1175
bouka1225
bellyc1275
slimec1315
corpsec1325
vesselc1360
tabernaclec1374
carrion1377
corsec1386
personc1390
claya1400
carcass1406
lump of claya1425
sensuality?a1425
corpusc1440
God's imagea1450
bulka1475
natural body1526
outward man1526
quarrons1567
blood bulk1570
skinfula1592
flesh-rind1593
clod1595
anatomy1597
veil1598
microcosm1601
machine1604
outwall1608
lay part1609
machina1612
cabinet1614
automaton1644
case1655
mud wall1662
structure1671
soul case1683
incarnation1745
personality1748
personage1785
man1830
embodiment1850
flesh-stuff1855
corporeity1865
chassis1930
soma1958
the world > existence and causation > existence > substantiality or concreteness > [noun] > concreteness > embodiment > embodiment or that in which a thing is embodied
incarnation1745
evolution1820
embodiment1850
flesh-garment1860
1850 E. P. Whipple Ess. & Rev. (ed. 3) I. 311 This fiery spiritual essence was enclosed in a frame sensitive enough to be its fit embodiment.
1862 H. Spencer First Princ. i. i. §4. 13 The soul of truth contained in erroneous creeds is very unlike most..of its several embodiments.
b. That in which (a principle, an abstract idea, etc.) is embodied, actualized, or concretely expressed. Also applied (with some reference to sense 2a) to persons: The embodied type, ‘incarnation’ (of a quality, sentiment, etc.).
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society > communication > representation > physical representation of abstraction > [noun] > a physical representation of abstraction
picture1553
imagery1596
prosopopoeia1825
embodiment1828
the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > an individual case or instance > [noun] > typical or representative case > that which typically exhibits a quality
image?1534
abridgement1605
abstracta1616
proverb1659
incarnation1821
imprint1857
embodiment1868
1828 T. Carlyle in Foreign Rev. 1 435 The most striking embodyment of a highly remarkable belief.
1835 M. R. Mitford in A. G. L'Estrange Life M. R. Mitford (1870) III. iii. 30 Jack and Stephen..are..an embodiment of my notion of an English sailor, and of a..tradesman.
a1854 H. Reed Lect. Eng. Hist. (1855) iv. 133 He is the imbodiment of the most genuine national feeling.
1868 E. Edwards Life Sir W. Ralegh I. i. 22 To Ralegh, the Spanish empire and polity became the very types and embodiments of evil.
1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) III. 141 Works of art..the visible embodiment of the divine.
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