1 [C] a period of life in a particular form:
one of the incarnations of Vishnu * He believed he had been a prince in a previous incarnation. * (figurative) I worked for her in her earlier incarnation (= her previous job) as a lawyer.
2 [C] a person who represents a particular quality, for example, in human form:
the incarnation of evil
3 [sing.,U] (also the Incarnation) (in Christianity) the act of God coming to earth in human form as Jesus
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