embodiment
Idea made flesh
Embodiment is a physical form given to something abstract.
A person can be the embodiment of a quality: She was the embodiment of grace.
A document or system can be the embodiment of principles: The Constitution is the embodiment of democratic ideals.
The word suggests that an abstraction has become concrete and visible—incarnated in a particular person, object, or form.
Digital user representation
- reincarnationSoul's rebirth after death
- manifestationOutward display of something
- personificationAttributing humanity to non-humans
- transmigrationSoul passing into another body
rebirth · samsara · karma · moksha · soul · vessel · flesh · deity
Flawless model to emulate
- exemplarTypical perfect instance
- epitomePerfect representative of type
- archetypeOriginal model for copies
- prototypeFirst functional specimen
model · standard · benchmark · quintessence · apotheosis · pinnacle · acme · zenith
Having physical existence
- tangiblePerceptible by touch
- materialPhysical matter; pertinent
- concreteSolid building mixture
- somaticConcerning the body
palpable · substantial · solid · real · actual · fleshly · carnal · corporeality
Depiction or likeness
- personificationAttributing humanity to non-humans
- figureOutline or numeral
- iconPictorial screen symbol
- totemSpiritual clan symbol
allegory · emblem · figurehead · image · avatar · mascot · standard-bearer · face
Outward display of something
- expressionConveyed thought or feeling
- representationDepiction or likeness
- realizationGrasping what's true
- actualizationMaking something fully real
concretization · externalization · demonstration · illustration · display · articulation · instantiation · exemplification
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Digital user representation
- reincarnationSoul's rebirth after death
- manifestationOutward display of something
- personificationAttributing humanity to non-humans
transmigration · rebirth · samsara · karma · moksha · soul · vessel · flesh · deity · bodhisattva
paragon
Flawless model to emulate
- exemplarTypical perfect instance
- epitomePerfect representative of type
- archetypeOriginal model for copies
prototype · model · standard · benchmark · quintessence · apotheosis · pinnacle · acme · zenith · personification
corporeal
Having physical existence
somatic · palpable · substantial · solid · real · actual · fleshly · carnal · corporeality · physicality
representation
Depiction or likeness
- personificationAttributing humanity to non-humans
- figureOutline or numeral
- iconPictorial screen symbol
totem · allegory · emblem · figurehead · image · avatar · mascot · standard-bearer · face
manifestation
Outward display of something
- expressionConveyed thought or feeling
- representationDepiction or likeness
- realizationGrasping what's true
actualization · concretization · externalization · demonstration · illustration · display · articulation · instantiation · exemplification · objectification
- existenceexistence, being, lives, reality, life
- characterizationprotagonist, trait, antagonist, hero, villain
- portrayalsportrayal, depiction, characterization, representation, rendering
- formshape, structure, format, configuration, pattern
- idealsideal, utopia, archetypes, models, paradise
- performanceballet, theatre, acting, circus, concert
embodimentdisembodiment
Separation from physical form
abstraction · incorporeality · immateriality · intangibility · spirituality
embodimenttoken
Representative placeholder
facade · semblance · approximation · shadow · caricature
embodimentexclusion
Being barred from participation
disorganization · fragmentation · dissolution · disintegration · dispersion