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noun
The state of being or having a body (being corporal/corporeal); bodily existence.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Synonyms: corporality
Antonyms: ethereality, incorporeality, insubstantiality, intangibility, otherworldliness
noun
Something having a corporeal existence.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
the quality of being physical; consisting of matter
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: materiality, physicalness, corporality
Antonyms: incorporeality
Broader terms: quality
Narrower terms: concreteness, tangibility, tangibleness, palpability, substantiality, substantialness, solidness, reality
History
Etymology tree English corporeal Proto-Indo-European *-teh2 Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh2ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English corporeality From corporeal + -ity.
Across languages
13 source translations are retained for this English entry.
