Incarnation, n.
Etymology: [F. incarnation, LL. incarnatio.]
1. The act of clothing with flesh, or the state of being so clothed; the act of taking, or being manifested in, a human body and nature.
2. (Theol.)
The union of the second person of the Godhead with manhood in Christ.
3. An incarnate form; a personification; a manifestation; a reduction to apparent from; a striking exemplification in person or act. She is a new incarnation of some of the illustrious dead. Jeffrey. The very incarnation of selfishness. F. W. Robertson.
3 more senses
4. A rosy or red color; flesh color; carnation. [Obs.]
5. (Med.)
The process of healing wounds and filling the part with new flesh; granulation.
Shades of meaning
Fernald lists incarnation only as an antonym, under ideal.
He lists it without comment; the entries above explain its neighbors.