incarnation

Meaning

1. (countable, uncountable) An incarnate being or form.
2. (countable, uncountable) A version or iteration (of something).
3. (countable, uncountable) A living being embodying a deity or spirit.
4. (countable, uncountable) An assumption of human form or nature.
5. (countable, uncountable) A person or thing regarded as embodying or exhibiting some quality, idea, or the like.
6. (countable, uncountable) The act of incarnating.
7. (countable, uncountable) The state of being incarnated.
8. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) A rosy or red colour; flesh (the colour); carnation.
9. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) The process of healing wounds and filling the part with new flesh; granulation.

Synonyms

embodiment

personification

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reincarnation

impersonation

granulation

image

life

manifestation

materiality

metamorphosis

personation

realization

rebirth

soul

Incarnation

incarnatio

expression

personitication

descent

embodying

exemplification

existence

Translations

incarnation

ενσάρκωση

encarnació

Inkarnation

incarnazione

encarnación

incarnatie

vleeswording

Verkörperung

personificação

encarnação

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Inbegriff

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Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˌɪŋ.kɑːˈneɪ.ʃən/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: incarnacion

In summary

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