embodiment

1. (countable) A physical entity typifying an abstract concept.Examples: "You are the very embodiment of beauty."; "The law is the true embodiment / Of everything that's excellent. / It has no kind of fault or flaw, / And I, my Lords, embody the law."; "And with his trademark smoking jackets and pipes – and the silk pajamas he would often wear to work – Hefner became the embodiment of a sexually adventurous yet urbane image and lifestyle, a seeming role model for generations of men."countable

2. (sociology) The ways that knowledge, personality, culture, etc. are modulated by being experienced through a physical body.Examples: "In many respects, the genre [science fiction] was exceptionally well suited to extrapolate from contemporary social concerns and promote visions of alternative societies, new forms of embodiment, and novel pathways for desire and pleasure."countableuncountable