incarnationnoun
uk/ˌɪn.kɑːˈneɪ.ʃən/us/ˌɪn.kɑːrˈneɪ.ʃən/[ C ] a particular life, in religions that believe that we have many lives:
He believes that he was a Roman warrior in a previous incarnation.
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reincarnation
[ C ] a particular physical form or condition of something or someone that is changing or developing:
This film is the latest incarnation of a fairy tale that dates back to the Middle Ages.
the incarnation of sth
an extreme example, in human form, of a particular characteristic or type of behaviour:
He was the incarnation of evil (= was extremely evil).
She's the incarnation of everything I hate about politics.
[ U ] the appearance of a god as a human
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