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embodiment
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun embodiment has 3 senses
- embodiment(n = noun.person) avatar, incarnation - a new personification of a familiar idea; "the embodiment of hope"; "the incarnation of evil"; "the very avatar of cunning" is a kind of personification
- embodiment(n = noun.cognition) shape - a concrete representation of an otherwise nebulous concept; "a circle was the embodiment of his concept of life" is a kind of concrete representation, concretism
- embodiment(n = noun.act) Array - giving concrete form to an abstract concept; Array is a kind of objectification
has particulars: deification, reincarnation
Derived form verb embody3
has particulars: soul, incarnation, personification
Derived form verb embody1
CIDE DICTIONARY
embodiment, n.
- The act of embodying; the state of being embodied. [1913 Webster]
- That which embodies or is embodied; representation in a physical body; a completely organized system, like the body; as, the embodiment of courage, or of courtesy; the embodiment of true piety. [1913 Webster]
THESAURUS
embodiment
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, wholeROGET THESAURUS
embodiment
Combination
N combination, mixture, junction, union, unification, synthesis, incorporation, amalgamation, embodiment, coalescence, crasis, fusion, blending, absorption, centralization, alloy, compound, amalgam, composition, tertium quid, resultant, impregnation, combined, impregnated with, ingrained, imbued inoculated.Whole
N whole, totality, integrity, totalness, entirety, ensemble, collectiveness, unity, completeness, indivisibility, indiscerptibility, integration, embodiment, integer, all, the whole, total, aggregate, one and all, gross amount, sum, sum total, tout ensemble, length and breadth of, Alpha and Omega, be all and end all, complex, complexus, lock stock and barrel, bulk, mass, lump, tissue, staple, body, compages, trunk, torso, bole, hull, hulk, skeleton greater part, major part, best part, principal part, main part, essential part, lion's share, Benjamin's mess, the long and the short, nearly, all, almost all, whole, total, integral, entire, complete, one, individual, unbroken, intact, uncut, undivided, unsevered, unclipped, uncropped, unshorn, seamless, undiminished, undemolished, undissolved, undestroyed, unbruised, indivisible, indissoluble, indissolvable, indiscerptible, wholesale, sweeping, comprehensive, wholly, altogether, totally, entirely, all, all in all, as a whole, wholesale, in a body, collectively, all put together, in the aggregate, in the lump, in the mass, in the gross, in the main, in the long run, en masse, as a body, on the whole, bodily, en bloc, in extenso, throughout, every inch, substantially, tout bien ou rien.Composition
N composition, constitution, crasis, combination, inclusion, admission, comprehension, reception, embodiment, formation, containing, constituting.
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