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English term or phrase:
embodiment and crystallization
English answer:
make concrete/take a definite form
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Kim Metzger
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how to distinguish embodiment and crystallization?
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The two words have the same meaning,but whether it have the same useage?please help me !thanks,
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| 4 +7 | make concrete/take a definite form |
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| 4 +1 | please see: embody and crystallize |
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make concrete/take a definite form
Yes, you're right. In a social context the terms have similar meanings. In both cases, the idea is to go from something abstract and make it concrete, i.e. to go from a concept to something tangible.
To embody: to make concrete and perceptible or to personify. People who embodied the spirit of the nation: people who represented the spirit of the nation. You couldn't say: People who crystallized the spirit of the nation.
Crystallize: to cause to take a definite form. She tried to crystallize her thoughts. The idea of crystallize in this sense is to bring together so that they are clear.
To embody: to make concrete and perceptible or to personify. People who embodied the spirit of the nation: people who represented the spirit of the nation. You couldn't say: People who crystallized the spirit of the nation.
Crystallize: to cause to take a definite form. She tried to crystallize her thoughts. The idea of crystallize in this sense is to bring together so that they are clear.
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Vicky Papaprodromou
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AngieD
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Wanda Vaiarello
: yes, crystallize: take a definite "static" form unlikely to change
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Rajan Chopra
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Ramesh Madhavan
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Elena Petelos
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Eva Karpouzi
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please see: embody and crystallize
embody
(giving concrete form to an abstract concept)
crystallize
(the creation of a construct; the process of combining ideas into a congruous object of thought)
(giving concrete form to an abstract concept)
crystallize
(the creation of a construct; the process of combining ideas into a congruous object of thought)
Reference:
http://poets.notredame.ac.jp/cgi-bin/wn?cmd=wn&word=crystallization
http://poets.notredame.ac.jp/cgi-bin/wn?cmd=wn&word=embodiment
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