Noun: embodiment im'bó-dee-munt or em'bó-dee-munt
- Giving concrete form to an abstract concept
"The statue was the embodiment of justice"
- A concrete representation of an otherwise nebulous concept
"a circle was the embodiment of his concept of life";
- shape
- A new personification of a familiar idea
"the embodiment of hope";
- incarnation, avatar
Derived forms: embodiments
Type of: concrete representation, concretism, objectification, personification
Encyclopedia: Embodiment