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cor·po·real (kôr pôr′ē əl)
adjective
- of, for, or having the nature of, the body; physical; bodily; not spiritual
- of a material nature; perceptible by the senses; tangible
Etymology: < L corporeus < corpus: see corpus
Related Forms:
- corporeally cor·po′·real·ly adverb
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Alternate definitions:
corporeal
modif.
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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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