Associations to the word «Embodiment»

Wiktionary

EMBODIMENT, noun. A physical entity typifying an abstraction

Dictionary definition

EMBODIMENT, noun. A new personification of a familiar idea; "the embodiment of hope"; "the incarnation of evil"; "the very avatar of cunning".
EMBODIMENT, noun. A concrete representation of an otherwise nebulous concept; "a circle was the embodiment of his concept of life".
EMBODIMENT, noun. Giving concrete form to an abstract concept.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats