corporeality

English

Etymology

corporeal +‎ -ity

Noun

corporeality (countable and uncountable, plural corporealities)

1. (uncountable) The state of being or having a body (being corporal/corporeal); bodily existence.
   • 2019, Chigozie Obioma, An Orchestra of Minorities, Abacus (2019), page 9:

     And so these spirits are in constant search for vessels to occupy, and insatiable in their pursuit of corporeality.

   Synonym: (obsolete) corporality

   Antonyms: ethereality, incorporeality, insubstantiality, intangibility, otherworldliness; see also Thesaurus:cosmic

   See also: uncorporeal, spiritual, mystical, transcendence

2. (countable) Something having a corporeal existence.

Translations

The state of being corporeal

• Bulgarian: вещественост m (veštestvenost), материалност (bg) m (materialnost)
• French: corporéité (fr) f, corporalité (fr) f
• Korean: 신체성(身體性) (sincheseong)

References

• “corporeality”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.