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CORPOREAL
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having material or physical form or substance
Example:
that which is created is of necessity corporeal and visible and tangible
Synonyms:
corporeal; material
Classified under:
Similar:
bodily (having or relating to a physical material body)
bodied; corporal; corporate; embodied; incarnate (possessing or existing in bodily form)
reincarnate (having a new body)
Also:
bodied (having a body or a body of a specified kind; often used in combination)
Attribute:
corporality; corporeality; materiality; physicalness (the quality of being physical; consisting of matter)
Antonym:
incorporeal (without material form or substance)
Derivation:
corporeality (the quality of being physical; consisting of matter)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Affecting or characteristic of the body as opposed to the mind or spirit
Example:
a somatic symptom or somatic illness
Synonyms:
bodily; corporal; corporeal; somatic
Classified under:
Similar:
physical (involving the body as distinguished from the mind or spirit)
