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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of embody.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective possessing or existing in bodily form

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Examples

  • Drawing on a number of empirical research programs, Shapiro cites examples that appear to support what he calls the embodied mind thesis, viz., that “minds profoundly reflect the bodies in which they are contained” (Shapiro 2004, p. 167).

    Concepts

  • Turner thinks there is, and the key is what he calls embodied physiology.

    Forbes.com: News

  • In the past, Palin embodied the populist style of the Tea Party movement while espousing a fairly mainstream Republican ideology.

    Palin's erratic behavior mars 2010 elections

  • Adams was by no means the first to use the words "American dream" -- and almost from the beginning the phrase embodied a tension between the materialistic and the idealistic.

    Hugh Rawson: Chasing the American Dream

  • Adams was by no means the first to use the words "American dream" -- and almost from the beginning the phrase embodied a tension between the materialistic and the idealistic.

    Hugh Rawson: Chasing the American Dream

  • Adams was by no means the first to use the words "American dream" -- and almost from the beginning the phrase embodied a tension between the materialistic and the idealistic.

    Hugh Rawson: Chasing the American Dream

  • The idea of dealing with the game and talking about it subjectively, as embodied, is extremely powerful, to my mind.

    Archive 2008-06-01

  • All they have is their version of political correctness, and Palin embodied it.

    Why Palin Got Bad Press - Swampland - TIME.com

  • The idea of dealing with the game and talking about it subjectively, as embodied, is extremely powerful, to my mind.

    An extract from my recent paper on VR and the 'first person perspective' videogame

  • All of the things that you say Studs embodied is exactly what society needs more of. alan wieder Says:

    So Long, Studs…

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