Embodiment
11embodiment — [[t]ɪmbɒ̱dimənt[/t]] N SING: usu the N of n If you say that someone or something is the embodiment of a quality or idea, you mean that that is their most noticeable characteristic or the basis of all they do. [FORMAL] A baby is the embodiment of… …
12embodiment — noun the embodiment of someone or something that represents or is very typical of an idea or quality: He is the embodiment of evil …
13embodiment — noun 1. a new personification of a familiar idea (Freq. 1) the embodiment of hope the incarnation of evil the very avatar of cunning • Syn: ↑incarnation, ↑avatar • Derivationally related forms: ↑ …
14embodiment — noun Date: 1828 1. one that embodies something < the embodiment of all our hopes > 2. the act of embodying ; the state of being embodied …
15Embodiment — ; Cognitive science and the philosophy of mind * Embodied cognition (or the embodied mind thesis). A position in cognitive science and the philosophy of mind that emphasizes the role that the body plays in shaping the mind. Closely related ideas… …
16embodiment — noun a tangible or visible form of an idea or quality: I was the embodiment of ungainliness. ↘the representation of something in such a form …
17embodiment — noun the embodiment of the hippie culture Syn: personification, incarnation, realization, manifestation, avatar, expression, representation, actualization, symbol, symbolization, materialization; paradigm, epitome, paragon, soul, model; type,… …
18embodiment — [ɪmˈbɒdɪmənt] noun the embodiment of sth the best possible example of a particular idea, quality, or principle[/ex] …
19embodiment — /ɛmˈbɒdimənt/ (say em bodeemuhnt) noun 1. the act of embodying. 2. the state of being embodied. 3. that in which something is embodied; an incarnation: *the good soldier Schweik, the most enduring and lovable embodiment of the Czech spirit.… …
20embodiment — embody ► VERB (embodies, embodied) 1) give a tangible or visible form to (an idea or quality). 2) include or contain as a constituent part. DERIVATIVES embodiment noun …
