incarnation
/ˌɪŋ.kɑːˈneɪ.ʃən/US/ˌɪŋ.kɑɹˈneɪ.ʃən/
incarnation noun: an incarnate being or form.
Noun
incarnation (countable and uncountable, plural incarnations)
- An incarnate being or form.
- She is a new incarnation of some of the illustrious dead.1815, Francis Jeffrey, Wordsworth's White Doe (review)
- She had cast off the terror of the leaping flame, the cold power of judgment that was even now being done, and the wise sadness of the tombs - cast them off and put them behind her, like the white shroud she wore, and now stood out the incarnation of lovely tempting womanhood, made more perfect -...1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC
- A version or iteration (of something).
- It seems that they existed in some sort of previous incarnation of our universe, and use abstract terms to describe their existence, such as "feeding on concepts". They prepared for some sort of ascension, but then the Pattern came, which they describe at first as an all-consuming emptiness...2019 January 7, “Exploring the SCP Foundation: Pattern Screamers” (6:12 from the start), in The Exploring Series, archived from the original on 11 Jan 2023
- A living being embodying a deity or spirit.
- Synonyms:
- avatar
- An assumption of human form or nature.
- A person or thing regarded as embodying or exhibiting some quality, idea, or the like.
- The leading dancer is the incarnation of grace.
- Synonyms:
- embodiment, instantiation, realization
- The act of incarnating.
- The state of being incarnated.
- A rosy or red colour; flesh (the colour); carnation.
- The process of healing wounds and filling the part with new flesh; granulation.
Proper noun capitalized: Incarnation
Incarnation
- The doctrine that the second person of the Trinity assumed human form in the person of Jesus Christ and is fully divine and fully human.
incarnation meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
incarnation in Hindi
- incarnate being or form
- अवतार avtār
incarnation in Tamil
- அவதாரம், திருபிறப்பு
incarnation in Marathi
- incarnate being or form
- अवतार avtār
incarnation in Urdu
- incarnation
- اوتار avtār
More languagesFewer languages
- incarnation in Telugu
- వ్యక్తి vyakti, అవతారము avatāramu
- incarnation in Malayalam
- അവതാരം avatāraṁ
- incarnation in Kannada
- ಅವತಾರ, ಸಾಕಾರರೂಪ, ಮೂರ್ತರೂಪ, ಜೀವಂತರೂಪ
- incarnation in Gujarati
- અવતાર avatār
- incarnation in Odia
- ତୀର୍ଥ tirtha
- incarnation in Tagalog
- pagkakatawang-tao
- incarnation in Arabic
- الحُلُول al-ḥulūl, التَّجَسُّد at-tajassud, التَّأَنُّس at-taʔannus
- incarnation in Indonesian
- inkarnasi
Examples of incarnation in a sentence
- Robespierre, the very incarnation of lustful and deadly Vengeance, stands silently by..1922, Baroness Orczy, The Triumph of the Scarlet Pimpernel:
- Barack Obama is hoping that several measures announced on June 4th will have a similarly paralysing effect on their modern incarnation, the patent troll.2013 June 8, “Obama goes troll-hunting”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8839, page 55:
- It seems that they existed in some sort of previous incarnation of our universe, and use abstract terms to describe their existence, such as "feeding on concepts".2019 January 7, “Exploring the SCP Foundation: Pattern Screamers” (6:12 from the start), in The Exploring Series, archived from the...
Synonyms of incarnation
Forms of incarnation
| plural | incarnations |
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Origin of incarnation
From Middle English incarnacion, borrowed from Old French incarnacion, from Medieval Latin, Ecclesiastical Latin incarnatio, from Late Latin incarnari (“to be made flesh”).
Words formed from incarnation
Words that rhyme with incarnation
- station
- collation
- accommodation
- presentation
- derivation
- information
- modulation
- translation
- application
- fixation
- generation
- orientation
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- citation
- combination
- communication
- conjugation
- constellation
- determination
- elevation
- operation
- relation
- reservation
- alternation
- condensation
- conversation
- deviation
- excavation
- foliation
- formation
- foundation
- interpretation
- representation
- retardation
- speculation
- termination
- abbreviation
- adaptation
- articulation
- bifurcation
- concentration
- congregation
- declination
- degradation
- expectation
- extenuation
- gradation
- observation
- population
- preparation
- reconciliation
- rotation
- separation
- situation
- vexation
- vindication
- accumulation
- administration
- aggregation
- appropriation
- attenuation
Questions about incarnation
- What does incarnation mean?
- Incarnation means an incarnate being or form.
- What is incarnation in Hindi?
- Incarnation in Hindi is अवतार (avtār). See Incarnation meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use incarnation in a sentence?
- Robespierre, the very incarnation of lustful and deadly Vengeance, stands silently by..
- What part of speech is incarnation?
- Incarnation can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce incarnation?
- Incarnation is pronounced /ˌɪŋ.kɑːˈneɪ.ʃən/ (UK).
- What is the plural of incarnation?
- The plural of incarnation is incarnations.
Words near incarnation in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: incarnation (page history and authors); Incarnation (page history and authors); incarnation (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); اوتار (Urdu) (page history and authors); అవతారము (Telugu) (page history and authors); incarnation (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ତୀର୍ଥ (Odia) (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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