incarnation in WordNet English dictionary

1. a new personification of a familiar idea
   "the embodiment of hope"; "the incarnation of evil"; "the very avatar of cunning"
   embodiment  incarnation  avatar 
   
2. the act of attributing human characteristics to abstract ideas etc.
   personification  incarnation 
   
3. time passed in a particular bodily form
   "he believes that his life will be better in his next incarnation"
   incarnation