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bodiliness

bodiliness

8.4
The quality of having a physical body rather than being only a mind
  • noun
  • /ˈbɒdɪlɪnəs/
translation icon : corporeidad
  • The artist's work beautifully showcases the concept of bodiliness through vibrant colors and textures.
  • human bodiliness

So we've got the abstract moment of the living corporeality, the bodiliness of essence.

Examples

  • Bodiliness, like house symbolism, also occupies a central role in Rojas's text.

    Academic text (2000)

  • The gifts do not exist without the people, and the people have no bodiliness as a people without the gifts.

    Academic text (2006)

  • Containment of public emotion and bodiliness marks modern sociality.

    Academic text (2009)

  • So we've got the abstract moment of the living corporeality, the bodiliness of essence.

    Gregory B. Sadler - That Philosophy Guy

  • The definition of maleness is not confined to bodiliness; it overflows its physical meaning and becomes generalized.

    Academic text (1994)

  • This quick conversation with its dense multivocality indicates the place of bodiliness in political discourse and the productivity of circulation itself.

    Academic text (2009)

  • Julian is indebted here to the neoplatonic notion of the eternal, purely spiritual soul, unaffected by human bodiliness, which she calls the soul's "substance."

    Academic text (1992)

  • The salvific value of Christ's bodiliness in On the Incarnation is expressed in three key motifs: (1) Christ makes use of his body to suffer and die on behalf of humanity; (2) Christ makes an offering of his body to the Father; and (3) Christ uses his body as a medium to reveal the invisible Father.

    Academic text (2005)

  • In discussing human experiences, the conference emphasized the bodiliness inherent in the way we relate to one another.

  • The novel explores themes of bodiliness by focusing on the physical struggles of its characters.

Synonyms

physicality
vsbodiliness
7 5.9

A clear feeling of the body and its movement

emphasizes having or relating to a physical body rather than movement aspects
corporeality
vsbodiliness
  • Formal
1 9.6

The state of being physical and having a body

stresses relation to a physical body rather than mere existence in matter
physicalness
vsbodiliness
1 7.2

Being made of things you can touch

limits that general physical quality to relation with a living body
corporeity
vsbodiliness
  • Formal
9.9

Having a physical body instead of being only spiritual

focuses on relation to a physical body rather than mere possession of it

Antonyms

spirituality
71 6.3

A concern with the inner life and connection beyond physical things

incorporeality
9.9

A state of having no physical body or shape

How Physical

physicality
7 5.9
bodiliness
8.4
abstractness
1 9.1

Surface Forms

bodiliness singular
bodilinesses plural

Morphology

bodiliness = bodily (transparent) = body + ly + ness

Formation from the adjective 'bodily' with the productive nominalizer '-ness' yields a clear state/quality meaning.

Etymology

The word bodiliness comes from the everyday word body and the ending -ness, which makes a noun meaning 'state' or 'quality'. So bodiliness is the 'state' of being bodily or 'physical', which is why it means having or relating to a real body rather than being only an idea or something in the mind.