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incarnation

in·car·na·tion

UK/ˌɪŋ.kɑːˈneɪ.ʃən/ US/ˌɪŋ.kɑɹˈneɪ.ʃən/ uncommon obsolete

noun

1.

a new personification of a familiar idea

  • “the embodiment of hope”
  • “the incarnation of evil”
  • “the very avatar of cunning”
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2.

(Christianity) the Christian doctrine of the union of God and man in the person of Jesus Christ

3.

time passed in a particular bodily form

  • “he believes that his life will be better in his next incarnation”
4.

the act of attributing human characteristics to abstract ideas etc.

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Origin

From Middle English incarnacion, borrowed from Old French incarnacion, from Medieval Latin, Ecclesiastical Latin incarnatio, from Late Latin incarnari (“to be made flesh”).

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