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corporeal definition

cor·po·real (kôr pôr′ē əl)

adjective

  1. of, for, or having the nature of, the body; physical; bodily; not spiritual
  2. of a material nature; perceptible by the senses; tangible

Etymology: < L corporeus < corpus: see corpus

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corporeal Synonyms

corporeal

modif.

human, mortal, material; see bodily 1, physical 1. See syn. study at bodily, physical.


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corporeal Usage Examples

Adjective complement with noun phrase

  • have: How could it be that our thoughts, which have something corporeal in them, namely, movement, are not themselves corporeal?

Modifies a noun

  • substance: Instead on the corporeal side you have lots of bits of corporeal substance.

Modifying Another Word

  • not: If it is not corporeal, it is not subject to division or change.

Preposition: in

  • piece: Hell Emio Greco and Pieter C Scholten explore the world of the corporeal in this visceral piece of contemporary dance.
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