embodiment

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Noun

embodiment

1. The process of embodying.
2. (countable) A physical entity typifying an abstract concept.

   You are the very embodiment of beauty.

   • 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.

   • 2017 September 27, David Browne, "Hugh Hefner, 'Playboy' Founder, Dead at 91 ↗," Rolling Stone

     And with his trademark smoking jackets and pipes – and the silk pajamas he would often wear to work – Hefner became the embodiment of a sexually adventurous yet urbane image and lifestyle, a seeming role model for generations of men.

Synonyms

• incarnation

Translations

• French: incarnation
• German: Verkörperung, Inbegriff, Inkarnation
• Italian: incarnazione
• Portuguese: personificação
• Russian: воплоще́ние
• Spanish: encarnación

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