Noun: incarnation ,in,kaa(r)'ney-shun
- The act of attributing human characteristics to abstract ideas etc.
"The painting was an incarnation of hope in human form";
- personification
- A new personification of a familiar idea
"the incarnation of evil";
- embodiment, avatar
- Time passed in a particular bodily form
"he believes that his life will be better in his next incarnation"
- (Christianity) the Christian doctrine of the union of God and man in the person of Jesus Christ
Derived forms: incarnations
Type of: church doctrine, creed, embodiment, gospel, personification, religious doctrine, time
Encyclopedia: Incarnation