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Noun incarnation has 4 senses

embodiment, incarnation, avatar - a new personification of a familiar idea; "the embodiment of hope"; "the incarnation of evil"; "the very avatar of cunning"
--₁ is a kind of personification
--₁ has particulars: deification; reincarnation
Derived forms: verb incarnate₂, verb incarnate₁
Incarnation - (Christianity) the Christian doctrine of the union of God and man in the person of Jesus Christ
--₂ is a kind of religious doctrine, church doctrine, gospel, creed
incarnation - time passed in a particular bodily form; "he believes that his life will be better in his next incarnation"
--₃ is a kind of time
personification, incarnation - the act of attributing human characteristics to abstract ideas etc.
--₄ is a kind of embodiment