material body
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- noun
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cuerpo material
- Kel felt exasperated; if he had been in a material body, he would have sighed.
And So what I'm explaining is that through what we call purification of consciousness, once the material body is no longer useful.
- And So what I'm explaining is that through what we call purification of consciousness, once the material body is no longer useful.
- It's a trick of the mind, if it, as it were, that makes you think that you are an immaterial being inside a material body.
- But but the, the thing about they were saying is like, well, we have like a material body.
Examples
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In Mr. Smith's assessment, this patient was dispirited; spirit bodies had split off and wandered away from his material body.
Academic text (1994) -
Muslims believe that human beings are composed of a spiritual soul and a material body.
Academic text (2002) -
Dualistic theories that suppose we consist of minds within material bodies do not seem to work either.
Academic text (1996) -
Clarissa's mind, unmoored from the limitations of the material body, mingles fluidly with other minds in what seems like a communal act of commemoration for the recently dead.
Academic text (2018) -
Many philosophies debate whether the mind exists separately from the material body.
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The doctor explained that the material body can experience ailments distinct from mental health issues.
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In some cultures, rituals are performed to honor the material body after death.
Synonyms
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3.5
The physical part of a person in contrast to their spirit or mind
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The parts of a person, like bones, muscles and organs
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9.0
A person's body, especially their physical shape or appearance
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2.8
The parts of a person you can touch, not their mind or spirit
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8.8
The body of a person or animal seen as separate from the mind and reproductive cells
Antonyms
How Physical
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'the physical body...' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'material' (pertaining to the physical/tangible) with 'body' (the physical structure of a person). This regular adjective + noun composition is cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Material body gives the image of a person made of material, like a clay statue you can touch. So, it means the 'physical' part of a person, not the 'mind' or 'spirit'.