embodiment
Noun
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A new personification of a familiar idea (synset 110438047)
"the embodiment of hope"; "the incarnation of evil"; "the very avatar of cunning"is a type of: personification - a person who represents an abstract qualitysubtypes:
- deification - an embodiment of the qualities of a god
- reincarnation - embodiment in a new form (especially the reappearance or a person in another form)
same as: avatar, incarnation -
A concrete representation of an otherwise nebulous concept (synset 105949928)
"a circle was the embodiment of his concept of life"is a type of: concrete representation, concretism - a representation of an abstract idea in concrete termssame as: shape
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Giving concrete form to an abstract concept (synset 100934815)
is a type of: objectification - the act of representing an abstraction as a physical thingsubtypes:
- soul - the human embodiment of something
- incarnation, personification - the act of attributing human characteristics to abstract ideas etc.
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