incarnation
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6.3
- noun
- /ˌɪn.kɑːrˈneɪ.ʃən/
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encarnación
- Now one of his most important incarnations is Krishna.
- incarnation of evil
- embodiment or incarnation
Yes, that's Khalid Sheikh Mohammed is the he is the earthly incarnation of Satan.
- Yes, that's Khalid Sheikh Mohammed is the he is the earthly incarnation of Satan.
- And then you move to America and to the Bay Area in particular, which is its own incarnation of amazingness and its own journey.
- And the sun is the sun is the incarnation of that structure, and the spirit is the intermediary between the two.
Examples
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In Hoagland's Seven Rivers West, Bigfoot was an incarnation of the American frontier.
Academic text (2013) -
Furthermore, Preciosa has been read as the incarnation of the Counter-Reformation feminine moral ideal.
Academic text (1994) -
Each one regards the other as the incarnation of evil.
Academic text (2003) -
A living incarnation of Ishtar.
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But one can hardly hold the current incarnation of Holy Mother Church responsible for oversights of old.
Fiction book (1999) -
A dragon is the incarnation of malevolence.
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And they're the incarnation of all our memories, Mr. Taylor... ...and all that we are.
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She'd been born with a physical perfection so complete that she was worshipped as a new incarnation of Venus, the goddess of love.
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You're the incarnation of your family's ambition, and I am the incarnation of your family's fear.
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His novel is an incarnation of the enduring qualities of love and sacrifice.
Synonyms
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4.8
A person who is a perfect example of a quality
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3.3
A person or thing seen as a perfect example of something
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5.5
A person or thing that shows an idea, quality and feeling
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7.4
A perfect example of a person or thing that shows a certain quality
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6.8
A person or thing that represents an idea, for example kindness
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6.5
A person who shows a quality very clearly
A person or thing that shows an idea as a human, for example justice
A person or object that stands for an idea with deeper meaning
Antonyms
How Embodied
Surface Forms
Morphology
incarnation = incarnate (semi-transparent) = in + carn + ion
The noun is a straightforward nominalization of 'incarnate' indicating an instance of embodying, so the structural relation is clear.
Etymology
Incarnation originally meant 'made flesh' (from Latin in- 'in' + carnis 'flesh'), so calling someone the incarnation of kindness means they embody or show that quality as if it were a real, living thing.