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Noun: embodiment  im'bó-dee-munt or em'bó-dee-munt
  1. Giving concrete form to an abstract concept
    "The statue was the embodiment of justice"
     
  2. A concrete representation of an otherwise nebulous concept
    "a circle was the embodiment of his concept of life";
    - shape
     
  3. 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