"avatar" in the noun sense

1. embodiment, incarnation, avatar

a new personification of a familiar idea

"the embodiment of hope"

"the incarnation of evil"

"the very avatar of cunning"

2. avatar

the manifestation of a Hindu deity (especially Vishnu) in human or superhuman or animal form

"some Hindus consider Krishna to be an avatar of the god Vishnu"

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