Embodiment

Noun

 * 1) a physical entity typifying an abstraction
 * You are the very embodiment of beauty.
 * 1) * 1880, W.S. Gilbert, Iolanthe
 * The law is the true embodiment Of everything that's excellent. It has no kind of fault or flaw, And I, my Lords, embody the law.

Synonyms

 * incarnation

Derived terms

 * disembodiment

Adjectives
stirring; organic; adequate; striking; rough.

Thesaurus
Anschluss, Christophany, Satanophany, acting, actualization, addition, admissibility, admission, affiliation, agglomeration, aggregation, agreement, alliance, amalgamation, angelophany, aping, apotheosis, appearance, archetype, assemblage, assembly, assimilation, association, avatar, blend, blending, bodiliness, building, buildup, cabal, cartel, centralization, characterization, coalescence, coalition, codification, collection, collectivity, combination, combine, combo, completeness, complex, composition, compound, comprehension, comprehensiveness, comprisal, concentration, concreteness, concretization, confederacy, confederation, congeries, conglomeration, conjugation, conjunction, consolidation, conspiracy, constitution, construction, corporality, corporeality, corporealization, corporealness, corporeity, coverage, cross section, disclosure, dissemination, dumb show, ecumenism, eligibility, embracement, enacting, enactment, encompassment, enosis, entirety, envisagement, epiphany, epitome, evidence, evincement, example, exhaustiveness, exponent, expression, fabrication, fashioning, federalization, federation, flesh, flesh and blood, formation, fusion, getup, hookup, imitation, impersonation, incarnation, inclusion, inclusiveness, incorporation, indication, integer, integration, integrity, junction, junta, league, make, makeup, manifestation, marriage, masquerade, materiality, materialization, materialness, meld, melding, membership, merger, metempsychosis, mimesis, mimicking, mimicry, miming, mixture, oneness, openness, organic unity, organization, package, package deal, pantomime, pantomiming, participation, performance, performing, personation, personification, physicality, physicalness, piecing together, playing, pneumatophany, portrayal, posing, proof, publication, putting together, quintessence, realization, reception, reembodiment, reification, reincarnation, representation, representative, revelation, setup, shaping, solidification, specimen, structure, structuring, substantiality, substantiation, syncretism, syndication, syneresis, synthesis, systematization, theophany, tie-up, tolerance, toleration, totality, transmigration, type, typification, unification, union, unity, wedding, whole

Etymology
From embody + -ment.

Translations

 * Arabic: تجسد
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 * Danish: legemliggørelse
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 * German:, ,  Inkarnation
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 * Korean: 화신
 * Macedonian: олицетворение, отелотворение
 * Manx: cochorpaghey
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 * Russian: воплощение, олицетворение
 * Spanish: encarnación