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physicality

physicality

7 5.9
A clear feeling of the body and its movement
  • noun
  • /ˌfɪzɪˈkælɪti/
translation icon : físicalidad
  • The athlete's physicality was evident as he moved with agility and strength on the field.
  • sheer physicality
  • unenhanced physicality

We are thinking about how are we able to maintain our physicality throughout life.

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Examples

  • At twelve, she was a thoroughbred of physicality, lily amid the weeds, jewel among rough stones.

    Fiction book (1998)
  • They understand our vigor and our physicality.

  • We are thinking about how are we able to maintain our physicality throughout life.

  • Obviously you need a level of physicality to it as well.

  • There was such an extreme physicality about it all.

    Fiction book (1995)
  • So we had to adjust the physicality to, you know, have a different result.

  • Obviously it was all about physicality in Philadelphia, but you have a real life football family.

  • And she had this kind of great physicality that most TV actresses do not.

  • I think people greatly underestimate the increased level of physicality among players in the last 20 years.

    Blog text (25)
  • Aaron Charney asks, what role does physicality play in your life?

Synonyms

materiality
vsphysicality
3 7.9

Physical existence of something you can touch or see

is more specific about bodily presence and movement than broad physical composition
corporeality
vsphysicality
  • Formal
1 9.6

The state of being physical and having a body

focuses more on bodily presence and movement rather than mere material existence
physicalness
vsphysicality
1 7.2

Being made of things you can touch

narrows that idea to bodily presence and active movement
corporeity
vsphysicality
  • Formal
9.9

Having a physical body instead of being only spiritual

highlights active bodily presence and movement rather than only having form
bodiliness
vsphysicality
8.4

The quality of having a physical body rather than being only a mind

places more weight on bodily presence and movement than general embodiment
corporality
vsphysicality
  • Formal
9.9

A person, animal or thing that has a real body

stresses bodily presence and movement more than simple material composition

Antonyms

71 6.3

A concern with the inner life and connection beyond physical things

Something you cannot touch, like an idea or feeling

How Physical

physicality
7 5.9
embodiment
38 5.5

Surface Forms

physicality singular
physicalities plural

Morphology

physicality = physical (transparent) = physical + ity

A regular abstract noun formed from 'physical', meaning the state or quality of being physical; the relation is direct and productive.

Etymology

Physicality comes from physical and the Greek root physis meaning 'nature', a root you also know from physics. So in this sense physicality means the real, bodily presence, movement or touch you can see and feel in dance, VR or live action.