corporality
- noun
- /ˌkɔːr.pəˈræl.ɪ.ti/
- Formal
:
corporabilidad
- In the art exhibition, the theme of corporality was explored through various sculptures representing the human form.
Examples
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His comments underscore two key points: the Neveu's overwhelming corporality (his bodily needs dominate his life) and the disruptive unpredictability of his body (he is physically discontinuous).
Academic text (2003) -
Yet he never mystified it because he never denied its violence, corporality, and comedy.
Academic text (1997) -
The real bodily presence of the poet is overwhelmed by the corporality of something like the night, customarily understood as, if not an abstraction, a diffuse rather than concretely agentive presence.
Academic text (1994) -
The philosophy class discussed the importance of corporality in understanding human existence.
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The novel's characters grapple with their corporality, reflecting on their physical experiences in a modern world.
Synonyms
3
7.9
Physical existence of something you can touch or see
1
9.6
The state of being physical and having a body
1
7.2
Being made of things you can touch
Antonyms
How Physical
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word corporality comes from the Latin word corpus, which means 'body', and it is the same source as common English words like corpse and corporeal. That's why corporality means being physical or having a body.