embodiment

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Synonyms 1.2.2 Derived terms 1.2.3 Translations

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[edit] Etymology

From embody + -ment.

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embodiment (plural embodiments)

1. a physical entity typifying an abstraction

   You are the very embodiment of beauty.

   • 1880, W.S. Gilbert, Iolanthe

     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.

[edit] Synonyms

• incarnation

[edit] Derived terms

• disembodiment

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