Avatar (Angels and Agony album)
WordNet

noun


(1)   The manifestation of a Hindu deity (especially Vishnu) in human or superhuman or animal form
"The Buddha is considered an avatar of the god Vishnu"
(2)   A new personification of a familiar idea
"The embodiment of hope"
"The incarnation of evil"
"The very avatar of cunning"
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Etymology


From Hindustani / , from , a compound of and the vṛddhi-stem of the root .

Noun



  1. In Hinduism the incarnation of a deity, particularly Vishnu.
  2. The physical embodiment of an idea or concept; a personification.
    • 1886, Robert Louis Stevenson, dedicatory letter to Kidnapped [contrasting the historical Alan Breac with his incarnation in the novel].
      And honest Alan, who was a grim fire-eater in his day, has in this new avatar no more desperate purpose than to steal some young gentleman's attention from his Ovid...
  3. A digital representation of a person or being. As used in online communities such as Second Life.
    • 1992 Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash
      The people are pieces of software called avatars. They are the audiovisual bodies that people use to communicate with each other in the Metaverse.
    • 1986 Habitat, video game published by Lucasfilms. Cited as the original source of this term in this context under the acknowledgments for Neal Stephenson's Snow Crash.
 
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