embodiment
/ɛmbˈɑdimənt/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.31 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The ways that knowledge, personality, culture, etc. are modulated by being experienced through a physical body.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "You are the very embodiment of beauty."
- "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."
- "And with his trademark smoking jackets and pipes – and the silk pajamas he would often wear to work – Hefner became the embodiment of a sexually adventurous yet urbane image and lifestyle, a seeming role model for generations of men."
- "In many respects, the genre [science fiction] was exceptionally well suited to extrapolate from contemporary social concerns and promote visions of alternative societies, new forms of embodiment, and novel pathways for desire and pleasure."
Etymology
Etymology tree English embody Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English embodiment From embody + -ment.