Incarnation
an incarnation (noun) -
a. one appearance among many
b. one life among many, a reincarnation
the incarnation of x (noun) -
a. Represents quality x in an extreme form
b. Is x reborn in a different form (e.g. as a dog or an ant)
incarnate (adjective) - in human form, in its most extreme form
its latest incarnation
in its latest incarnation
in its latest maddening incarnation
in its current incarnation
in its present incarnation
the present incarnation of
an earlier incarnation
a previous incarnation
in a previous incarnation
in a previous incarnation as...
it its new incarnation,...
in its last incarnation
the first incarnation of
has had two lives in his present incarnation
I am not sure what he may have been in his last incarnation
still known by its previous incarnation as
in their present incarnation they date from
in its new incarnation has been dubbed
in its current incarnation does not go far enough
it's the very incarnation of
it's the perfect incarnation of
it's evil incarnate
Example sentences:
* The regime was the very incarnation of evil.
* The actress is the perfect incarnation of Hollywood glamour.
* She was convinced she had been a Roman gladiator in a previous incarnation.
* The first incarnation of the popular software product was, to be polite, absolutely dreadful, and version two fared little better despite a brief spell of fame.
* The political candidate was the incarnation of everything she hated.
* Many critics see biotechnology as the latest incarnation of corporate agriculture.
* To the only survivor, the torturer was evil incarnate.
* The ancestor of the computer game, Legacy, seemed to me to be very slow and cumbersome, whereas this incarnation lacks nothing in the speed department.
* "Paco Rabanne has had two lives in his present incarnation, that of the revolutionary 60s dress designer, and then as the name behind one of the world's most successful men's fragrances.
* Considerable controversy was provoked by the government's measure, still known by the name of its previous incarnation as "Clause 28," in which it sought to ban the promotion of political candidates by local authorities.
* Partnerships in the UK are a contemporary feature; in their present incarnation they date from the mid 1980s and since then have grown remarkably into a national phenomenon.
* While it would be desirable to integrate our images into the database, in its current incarnation images are too cumbersome and complex for data input, and is unacceptably slow for search and retrieval.
* In its latest maddening incarnation, the game is just too difficult to play.
* "In my view, in his earlier incarnation he was one of the least inspired and least convincing defenders of the prairie farming and agro-chemical lobbies."
* I am not sure what he may have been in his last incarnation, but he has now reached that most enviable of all earthly states, a controversial novelist and intellectual.
* He joins the company from its European subsidiary, though in a previous incarnation he was one of the original recruits when Sun set up its European hub back in 1984.
* "In day to day matters it was a democratic outfit and everyone had their say. This no doubt was in large part responsible for the exuberance, the wild unpredictability which was the driving force of the rock band in its last incarnation."
* "The straight-haired, elegant rockstar appears to be the most cerebral member of the band, which is odd since in his previous incarnation he was as leader of the decidedly bodily Vaselines, a group for whom the term 'Kings Of Perv-Rock' might have been invented."
* The company has announced a new version of their software whcih was called Boogaloo but in its new incarnation has been dubbed Bugaboo.
* The company believes that the software product's current incarnation Security Meistro II does not go far enough and needs better interoperability between different operating systems.
