embodiment

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)The process of embodying.
2. (countable)A physical entity typifying an abstract concept.

   “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.”

3. (countable, uncountable)The ways that knowledge, personality, culture, etc. are modulated by being experienced through a physical body.

   “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.”