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embodiment
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em·bod·i·ment  (m-bd-mnt, m-)
n.
1. The act of embodying or the state of being embodied.
2. One that embodies: "The flag is the embodiment, not of sentiment, but of history" (Woodrow Wilson).
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Noun1.embodiment - a new personification of a familiar ideaembodiment - a new personification of a familiar idea; "the embodiment of hope"; "the incarnation of evil"; "the very avatar of cunning"
personification - a person who represents an abstract quality; "she is the personification of optimism"
deification - an embodiment of the qualities of a god; "the capitalists' deification of capital"
reincarnation - embodiment in a new form (especially the reappearance or a person in another form); "his reincarnation as a lion"
2.embodiment - a concrete representation of an otherwise nebulous concept; "a circle was the embodiment of his concept of life"
concrete representation, concretism - a representation of an abstract idea in concrete terms
3.embodiment - giving concrete form to an abstract concept
objectification - the act of representing an abstraction as a physical thing
soul - the human embodiment of something; "the soul of honor"
personification, incarnation - the act of attributing human characteristics to abstract ideas etc.

embodiment
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embodiment [ɪmˈbɒdɪmənt] Nencarnación f
to be the very embodiment of virtueser la encarnación de la virtud, ser la virtud en persona
embodiment [ɪmˈbɒdimənt] npersonnification f, incarnation f
to be the embodiment of sth → être l'incarnation de qch
She was the embodiment of loyalty
BUT C'était la loyauté même.; C'était la loyauté personnifiée.
embodiment
n
Verkörperung f; to be the embodiment of evildas Böse in Person sein
(= inclusion)Aufnahme f, → Eingliederung f
embodiment [ɪmˈbɒdɪmənt] nincarnazione f, personificazione f


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