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1. A new personification of a familiar idea
   "the embodiment of hope"
   - incarnation, avatar
    
2. A concrete representation of an otherwise nebulous concept
   "a circle was the embodiment of his concept of life"
   - shape
    
3. Giving concrete form to an abstract concept

Derived forms: embodiments

See also: embody

Type of: concrete representation, concretism, objectification, personification

Encyclopedia: Embodiment