Embodiment
[ɪm'bɒdɪmənt] or [ɪm'bɑdɪmənt]
Definition
(noun.) giving concrete form to an abstract concept.
(noun.) a new personification of a familiar idea; 'the embodiment of hope'; 'the incarnation of evil'; 'the very avatar of cunning'.
Typed by Annette--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The act of embodying; the state of being embodied.
(n.) 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.
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Examples
- He must say he thought a drone the embodiment of a pleasanter and wiser idea. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- The embodiment of such compounds in the little copper caps was made about 1818, and has been claimed by various parties. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The embodiment of the charge of powder and ball in brass and copper shells was done in France by Galay Cazalat as early as 1826. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- To him, as to other great teachers both philosophical and religious, when they looked upward, the world seemed to be the embodiment of error and evil. Plato. The Republic.
- He is a man of will in whom millions of people have felt the embodiment of their own will. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- There will be a new embodiment, in a new way. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Siemens’ patent also was the first embodiment of what is known as the bobbin armature. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The true embodiment of the spirit of Islam was not Muhammad, but his close friend and supporter Abu Bekr. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- In fact, Franklin was the embodiment of that union of scientific ideas and practical skill in the industries that with t hem was merely a pious wish. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- For some generations Alexander the Great was for mankind the symbol and embodiment of world order and world dominion. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Who are the embodiment of gentleness, simplicity, and reality! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- The first embodiment of the principle in a refrigerating apparatus is by Windhausen--United States patent No. 101,198, March 22, 1870. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Still more would this apply to the greatest works of art, which seem to be the visible embodiment of the divine. Plato. The Republic.
- Later it led to any idealization of existing institutions as themselves the embodiment of reason. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- You have been the embodiment of every graceful fancy that my mind has ever become acquainted with. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- But it is one thing to live comfortably with the abstract conception of poverty, another to be brought in contact with its human embodiments. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
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