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incarnations

incarnations is the plural of incarnation.

Meaning of incarnation

Noun

incarnation (countable and uncountable, plural incarnations)

  1. An incarnate being or form.
    • She is a new incarnation of some of the illustrious dead.1815, Francis Jeffrey, Wordsworth's White Doe (review)
  2. 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
  3. A living being embodying a deity or spirit.
    Synonyms:
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  4. An assumption of human form or nature.
  5. A person or thing regarded as embodying or exhibiting some quality, idea, or the like.
    • The leading dancer is the incarnation of grace.
  6. The act of incarnating.

See all 10 meanings of incarnation

Questions about incarnations

What is incarnations the plural of?
Incarnations is the plural of incarnation.

Words near incarnations in the dictionary

  1. incarnated
  2. incarnates
  3. incarnating
  4. incarnation
  5. incarnational
  6. incarnations
  7. incarnative
  8. incarnatives
  9. incarnification
  10. incarns
  11. incars

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