incarnation

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This is why Kickstarter is doomed in its current incarnation.

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a new personification of a familiar idea; "the embodiment of hope"; "the incarnation of evil"; "the very avatar of cunning"

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noun

a new personification of a familiar idea; "the embodiment of hope"; "the incarnation of evil"; "the very avatar of cunning"

noun

(Christianity) the Christian doctrine of the union of God and man in the person of Jesus Christ

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time passed in a particular bodily form; "he believes that his life will be better in his next incarnation"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for incarnation.

noun

a new personification of a familiar idea; "the embodiment of hope"; "the incarnation of evil"; "the very avatar of cunning"

noun

(Christianity) the Christian doctrine of the union of God and man in the person of Jesus Christ

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time passed in a particular bodily form; "he believes that his life will be better in his next incarnation"

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the act of attributing human characteristics to abstract ideas etc.

Example sentences

This is why Kickstarter is doomed in its current incarnation.

You see a lot of this in the "tech" world, especially in the VC-funded incarnation of the Valley.

The current incarnation of machine learning is nothing more than an ultra high dimensional two year old. "Here's a new item.

Cale came from La Monte Young and the Fluxus movement -- highly self-aware avant garde early 60s stuff that he put into a deliberately primitive incarnation.

Capotes book, on the other hand [...][...]That other field, the much smaller one strewn with landmines, rusting rebar and barking dogs is called non-fiction or in its less effete incarnation, journalism.

That's not to say that all rules in their current incarnation are sensible and well applicable to the current state of affairs, but participation in the law system is not voluntary - you don't get to opt out just because you think it's unjust.