embodiment

noun

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.

1. The process of embodying.
2. A physical entity typifying an abstract concept.

   “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.”

3. The ways that knowledge, personality, culture, etc. are modulated by being experienced through a physical body.

   “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.”