Meanings
- participlepastsimple past and past participle of embody
- not comparablehuman sciencesexperienced, mediated via the physical body (typically in contrast to mental experience)
After all, in embodied work, we are trying to feel the physical experience of being ourselves, something visceral, not abstract or other.
2022 September 27, Karden Rabin, Trauma Research Foundation
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivepossessing or existing in bodily form
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
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embodied. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/embodied
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