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physicality

physicality

17 5.9
A clear feeling of the body and its movement
  • noun
  • /ˌfɪzɪˈkælɪti/
: 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
2 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
bodiliness
vsphysicality
1 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
corporeity
vsphysicality
  • Formal
1 9.9

Having a physical body instead of being only spiritual

highlights active bodily presence and movement rather than only having form
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

73 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
17 5.9
embodiment
34 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.