Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun embodiment

3 senses of embodiment

Sense 1
embodiment, incarnation, avatar -- (a new personification of a familiar idea; "the embodiment of hope"; "the incarnation of evil"; "the very avatar of cunning")
       => personification -- (a person who represents an abstract quality; "she is the personification of optimism")

Sense 2
shape, embodiment -- (a concrete representation of an otherwise nebulous concept; "a circle was the embodiment of his concept of life")
       => concretism, concrete representation -- (a representation of an abstract idea in concrete terms)

Sense 3
embodiment -- (giving concrete form to an abstract concept)
       => objectification -- (the act of representing an abstraction as a physical thing)