Origin: Latin suffix -tion
Incarnation has 6 different meanings across 2 categories:
a new personification of a familiar idea
"the embodiment of hope"
"the incarnation of evil"
"the very avatar of cunning"
(Christianity) the Christian doctrine of the union of God and man in the person of Jesus Christ
"For many believers, the incarnation represents the ultimate moment when divine love became flesh to save humanity."
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.
"He described his theory as an incarnation of justice, giving a cold mathematical formula a warm, moral face that it never actually possessed."
An incarnate being or form.
"The ancient devotee believed they had finally met the divine incarnation walking among them in the marketplace."
The doctrine that the second person of the Trinity assumed human form in the person of Jesus Christ and is fully divine and fully human.
"For believers, the Incarnation represents the profound mystery where God became flesh to dwell among humanity as Jesus."