Definition of INCARNATION

incarnation

Plural: incarnations

Noun

  • a new personification of a familiar idea
    • "the incarnation of evil"
  • (Christianity) the Christian doctrine of the union of God and man in the person of Jesus Christ
  • time passed in a particular bodily form
    • "he believes that his life will be better in his next incarnation"
  • the act of attributing human characteristics to abstract ideas etc.
  • An incarnate being or form.
  • A version or iteration (of something).
  • A living being embodying a deity or spirit.
  • An assumption of human form or nature.
  • A person or thing regarded as embodying or exhibiting some quality, idea, or the like.
  • The act of incarnating.
  • The state of being incarnated.
  • A rosy or red colour; flesh (the colour); carnation.
  • The process of healing wounds and filling the part with new flesh; granulation.

Examples

  • The leading dancer is the incarnation of grace.

Origin / Etymology

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

Scrabble Score: 13

incarnation: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
incarnation: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
incarnation: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 17

incarnation: valid Words With Friends Word