incarnation

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities
US /ˌɪnkɑrˈneɪʃən/ UK /ˌɪnkɑːˈneɪʃən/
noun

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    a living embodiment of a deity, spirit, or quality in bodily form

    To his followers he seemed the very incarnation of patience and wisdom.

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Synonyms
1 noun · a living embodiment of a... embodimentpersonificationmanifestationepitomeavatar
Word family
Related forms incarnatecarnalreincarnation

Etymology

From Old French incarnacion, from Late Latin incarnatio ('act of being made flesh'), from incarnare ('to make flesh'), from in- ('in') + caro, carnis ('flesh').

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