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How to pronounce embodiment in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms avatar, incarnation
Type of personification
Has types deification, reincarnation


the embodiment of hope.
Type Words
Synonyms shape
Type of concretism, concrete representation
Derivation embody


a circle was the embodiment of his concept of life.
Type Words
Type of objectification
Has types personification, incarnation, soul
Derivation embody

Examples of embodiment

embodiment
He will be regarded as the embodiment of a government that is no longer working.
From the chron.com
Cristiano Ronaldo was the embodiment of frustration throughout the latest match.
From the sportsillustrated.cnn.com
Now he's our embodiment, our campaign boy, and a face of the Brazilian Olympics.
From the guardian.co.uk
Moreover, it featured Colin Firth in knee breeches, the embodiment of Mr. Darcy.
From the washingtonpost.com
When it won the match on penalty kicks, it became the embodiment of soccer evil.
From the sportsillustrated.cnn.com
Little wonder the vampire has become the perfect embodiment of today's teenager.
From the independent.co.uk
But we have an embodiment of intelligence inside these tissues inside our skull.
From the orlandosentinel.com
Whether the ICC becomes the embodiment of regressive public policy is up to you.
From the washingtonpost.com
He may be an embodiment of the country, but it is a country no one sees clearly.
From the time.com
More examples
  • A new personification of a familiar idea; "the embodiment of hope"; "the incarnation of evil"; "the very avatar of cunning"
  • Shape: a concrete representation of an otherwise nebulous concept; "a circle was the embodiment of his concept of life"
  • Giving concrete form to an abstract concept
  • (embodied) bodied: possessing or existing in bodily form; "what seemed corporal melted as breath into the wind"- Shakespeare; "an incarnate spirit"; "`corporate' is an archaic term"
  • A physical entity typifying an abstraction
  • (Embodiments) are versions or variations on the invention.
  • (Embodied) cultural capital consists of both the consciously acquired and the passively "inherited" properties of one's self (with "inherit[ance]" here used not in the genetic sense but in the sense of receipt over time, usually from the family through socialization, of culture and traditions). ...
  • (1. (Conceptual) Embodied) Conceptual embodiment builds on human perceptions and actions developing mental images that are verbalized in increasingly sophisticated ways and become perfect mental entities in our imagination.
  • A thing in which something, as a soul, idea or principle, or type is embodied.