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embodiments

embodiments is the plural of embodiment.

Meaning of embodiment

Noun

embodiment (countable and uncountable, plural embodiments)

  1. The process of embodying.
  2. (countable) A physical entity typifying an abstract concept.
    • You are the very embodiment of beauty.
  3. 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

Questions about embodiments

What is embodiments the plural of?
Embodiments is the plural of embodiment.

Words near embodiments in the dictionary

  1. embodiednesses
  2. embodier
  3. embodiers
  4. embodies
  5. embodiment
  6. embodiments
  7. embody
  8. embodying
  9. embodyings
  10. embog
  11. embogged

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