1. (

• embodiment ,
• incarnation ,
• avatar ,

) a new personification of a familiar idea; "the embodiment of hope"; "the incarnation of evil"; "the very avatar of cunning" ;

2. (

• Incarnation

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

3. (

• incarnation

) time passed in a particular bodily form; "he believes that his life will be better in his next incarnation" ;

4. (

• personification ,
• incarnation

) the act of attributing human characteristics to abstract ideas etc. ;