CORPOREALITY Synonyms: 25 Similar and Opposite Words

corporeality

noun

(ˌ)kȯr-ˌpȯr-ē-ˈa-lə-tē

Definition of corporeality

as in existence

the fact of being or of being real a philosophical discussion about the corporeality of the intellect, as distinct from the brain

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Recent Examples of corporeality While working on their second album, two members of Mandy, Indiana—the Mancunian quartet fronted by a French valkyrie named Valentine Caulfield—were faced with their own corporeality. — Walden Green, Pitchfork, 5 Feb. 2026 There ’s Mother’s tongue and your eyes and me, my body, my bodies, my corporeality? — Literary Hub, 25 Aug. 2025 Murata, like Sciamma, is remaking the traditional love story, transcending the constraints dictated not by gender but by embodied corporeality itself. — Elif Batuman, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2025 The concept of a holographic universe, explored already in the 1950s by physicist David Bohm reflects a corporeality where material and immaterial dimensions operate not as separate entities but in a constant dance of mutual influence. — Cornelia C. Walther, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024

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existence

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As Worth Ranch prepares to celebrate 100 years of existence at the end of the decade, Hunter remains confident that new buildings can be constructed and the land restored.

— Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 Aug. 2026
Dark matter, meanwhile, is thought to be the glue that holds galaxies and other massive structures in the universe together, but again, its nature is an enigma and its existence remains unproven.

— Claire Cameron, Scientific American, 30 Aug. 2026

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