corporeal
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8.4
- adjective
- /kɔrˈpɔr i əl/
- Formal
:
corpóreo
- His eye twitched slightly, almost a reminder of corporeal things, of the need for sleep.
- corporeal substance
- corporeal body
- corporeal reality
So these beings were physical, corporeal beings.
- So these beings were physical, corporeal beings.
Examples
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Yoga helps connect the mind with the corporeal self, promoting physical awareness and balance.
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Our souls are bound to this place by the transgressions of the past by the unease of our corporeal remains.
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Ultimately, recognizing the importance of shared corporeal background and experience may even lead to new instrument design.
Academic text (1998) -
What is problematic is the relation of this personal thinking to his corporeal being.
Academic text (2017) -
But you cannot expect them to experience corporeal feelings if they lack the background experience of bow and strings.
Academic text (1998) -
Students bring their own corporeal understanding to electronic sounds that sound like acoustic instruments.
Academic text (1998) -
Suzie will be a better Suzie because she can manage her corporeal self with great skill and sensitivity.
Academic text (2001) -
Being completely present, the whole spiritual-corporeal person attains an immediate, intimate connection with concrete reality.
Academic text (2011) -
He has a confidence in himself, in things he doesn't have to explain, things like the pores in his skin, all things corporeal.
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We are asked to reckon with the idea that taking his life, taking flight from the corporeal existence, is perhaps for Milkman a transcendence and not a tragedy.
Synonyms
798
2.7
About real material things you can see or touch
17
6.8
Relating to the body rather than the mind
10
7.9
Relating to the body rather than the mind
3
3.7
In a physical way, not in a spiritual way
2
3.5
Relating to physical things or possessions, not spiritual
Antonyms
How Physical
Surface Forms
Morphology
corporeal = corpore + al
The adjective is clearly related to 'body' (Latin root *corp-), but the combining form 'corpore-' is not a standalone English word, so average learners may not transparently map the form to 'body'.
Etymology
Corporeal comes from the Latin root corp-, which means 'body' and is the same root you see in corpse. So corporeal means relating to the body or to something physical rather than spiritual.