incarnationists
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/ɪnˌkɑrˈneɪʃənɪsts/
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/ɪnˌkɑː(r)nəˈteɪʃənɪsts/
(incarnationist)
belief in/embodiment as flesh
Etymology
'incarnationist' originates from English, built from 'incarnation' + the suffix '-ist'; 'incarnation' ultimately comes from Latin 'incarnatio', where the prefix 'in-' meant 'into' and Latin 'caro, carnis' meant 'flesh'.
'incarnation' changed from Latin 'incarnatio' into Old French 'incarnacion' and Middle English 'incarnacioun', eventually becoming the modern English 'incarnation'; English then formed 'incarnationist' by adding the agentive suffix '-ist' to denote a person holding that belief.
Initially, the root referred to the act or state of 'becoming flesh' in Latin ('incarnatio'); over time it came to denote the theological doctrine of a deity becoming human and, by extension, a person who holds or advocates that doctrine ('incarnationist').
Meanings by Part of Speech
Noun 1
plural of 'incarnationist': people who accept or advocate the doctrine of incarnation (that a deity or divine being became flesh or took human form).
Many incarnationists argued that the deity had truly taken human form to live among people.
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Noun 2
(Figurative) People who insist that an abstract quality or principle must be embodied in a concrete, physical form (used less commonly).
In the debate, incarnationists insisted that true justice must be incarnated in social institutions, not left as mere theory.
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