embodiment

Etymology

embody + -ment

noun

1. The process of embodying.
2. (countable) A physical entity typifying an abstract concept.
   You are the very embodiment of beauty.
   The law is the true embodiment Of everything that's excellent. It has no kind of fault or flaw, And I, my Lords, embody the law. 1880, W. S. Gilbert, Iolanthe
   And with his trademark smoking jackets and pipes – and the silk pajamas he would often wear to work – Hefner became the embodiment of a sexually adventurous yet urbane image and lifestyle, a seeming role model for generations of men. September 27 2017, David Browne, “Hugh Hefner, 'Playboy' Founder, Dead at 91”, in Rolling Stone