embodiment
embodiment noun: the process of embodying.
Noun
embodiment (countable and uncountable, plural embodiments)
- The process of embodying.
- A physical entity typifying an abstract concept.
- You are the very embodiment of beauty.
- The law is the true embodiment / Of everything that's excellent. / It has no kind of fault or flaw, / And I, my Lords, embody the law.1880, W. S. Gilbert, Iolanthe
- The ways that knowledge, personality, culture, etc. are modulated by being experienced through a physical body.
- In many respects, the genre [science fiction] was exceptionally well suited to extrapolate from contemporary social concerns and promote visions of alternative societies, new forms of embodiment, and novel pathways for desire and pleasure.2001, Susan Stryker, Queer Pulp, page 17
embodiment meaning in Tamil, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali
embodiment in Tamil
- உள்ளடக்கம், உள்ளடங்கியிருத்தல், கருத்துருவம், பண்புருவம்
embodiment in Marathi
- मूर्तरूप
embodiment in Urdu
- پڑیا
embodiment in Bengali
- embodiment, possessor
- আশ্রয় asroẏ
More languagesFewer languages
- embodiment in Malayalam
- മൂർത്തീകരണം, സാക്ഷാത്കാരം, മൂർത്തിത്വം, ആൾരൂപം
- embodiment in Kannada
- ಸಾಕಾರ, ಸಶರೀರವಾಗಿರುವುದು, ಆಕೃತಿಗೊಂಡಿರುವಿಕೆ, ಮೂರ್ತೀಕರಣ
- embodiment in Gujarati
- મૂર્ત સ્વરૂપ, મૂર્ત રૂપ
- embodiment in Sanskrit
- मूर्ति mūrti
- embodiment in Arabic
- تَجَسَّد tajassad
- embodiment in Vietnamese
- hiện thân
Examples of embodiment in a sentence
- Virtual humans (VHs)—automated, three-dimensional agents—can serve as realistic embodiments for social interactions with human users.
- It is this embodiment that transhumanism seeks to transcend in its most radical program of cyberimmortality.
- The Muse, as embodiment of epicness, is throughout the Metamorphoses both desired and resisted.
Synonyms of embodiment
Forms of embodiment
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Origin of embodiment
From embody + -ment.
Words formed from embodiment
Questions about embodiment
- What does embodiment mean?
- Embodiment means the process of embodying.
- What is embodiment in Tamil?
- Embodiment in Tamil is உள்ளடக்கம், உள்ளடங்கியிருத்தல், கருத்துருவம். See Embodiment meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is embodiment?
- Embodiment is a noun.
- What is the plural of embodiment?
- The plural of embodiment is embodiments.
Words near embodiment in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: embodiment (page history and authors); embodiment (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); embodiment (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); embodiment (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); আশ্রয় (Bengali) (page history and authors); embodiment (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); embodiment (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); embodiment (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); मूर्ति (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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