Corporeal
adjective
Relating to a person's body, rather than their spirit or mind.
The soul is said to be separate from the corporeal body.
adjective
Relating to material or physical things, not spiritual ones.
We live in a corporeal world, governed by the laws of physics.
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Academic
adjective
Relating to a person's body, rather than their spirit or mind.
The soul is said to be separate from the corporeal body.
adjective
Relating to material or physical things, not spiritual ones.
We live in a corporeal world, governed by the laws of physics.
Usage tips
Academic
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Pro Tip 1/3Sensory Experience
Use 'corporeal' when referring to experiences felt by the body.
The corporeal pleasure of a warm bath is unmatched on a cold day.
Pro Tip 2/3Opposite of Mind
'Corporeal' contrasts with mental or spiritual aspects; focus on the physical.
The therapist addressed both the corporeal and the psychological effects of stress.
Pro Tip 3/3Health and Medicine
Often used in medical or health contexts to describe physical condition.
Exercise can improve one's corporeal well-being.
Pro Tip 1/3Sensory Experience
Use 'corporeal' when referring to experiences felt by the body.
The corporeal pleasure of a warm bath is unmatched on a cold day.
Pro Tip 2/3Opposite of Mind
'Corporeal' contrasts with mental or spiritual aspects; focus on the physical.
The therapist addressed both the corporeal and the psychological effects of stress.
Pro Tip 3/3Health and Medicine
Often used in medical or health contexts to describe physical condition.
Exercise can improve one's corporeal well-being.
Pro Tip 1/3Sensory Experience
Use 'corporeal' when referring to experiences felt by the body.
The corporeal pleasure of a warm bath is unmatched on a cold day.
Pro Tip 2/3Opposite of Mind
'Corporeal' contrasts with mental or spiritual aspects; focus on the physical.
The therapist addressed both the corporeal and the psychological effects of stress.
Pro Tip 3/3Health and Medicine
Often used in medical or health contexts to describe physical condition.
Exercise can improve one's corporeal well-being.
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Kelli Swazey: Life that...
death as an irrefutable biological condition, Torajans see the expired corporeal form as part of a larger social genesis. So again, the physical cessation of life
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Kelli Swazey: Life that...
death as an irrefutable biological condition, Torajans see the expired corporeal form as part of a larger social genesis. So again, the physical cessation of life
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Quote examples
Trevor Paglen
American Artist
I wanted to make an artwork that really underlined the contradiction between how machines see and how humans see. Because music is so affective and is just as corporeal as it is cerebral, I thought coupling a music performance with machine vision adds up to something that work on an emotional, aesthetic, and intellectual level.
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Lisa Joy
American Director
And I think the greatest danger that AI poses isn't so much these anthropomorphic beings who look like us and are beguiling are going to fool us. It's the fact that a intelligence without a body or corporeal form will fool us into trusting it with data, which we seem to think is... it has no repercussions.
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Origen
Theologian
Having refuted, then, as well as we could, every notion which might suggest that we were to think of God as in any degree corporeal, we go on to say that, according to strict truth, God is incomprehensible, and incapable of being measured.
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Isabel Yosito
American Artist
Show your bluebell passion with every step you take. Infuse your corporeal mind, body and spirit with atomic sense of urgency, purpose and apple juice.
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Gaspar Noe
Argentinian Director
I can't stand musicals, but I love dance because it's a corporeal language that can be so rich and sometimes so unusual.
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Michael Paterniti
American Writer
It is not uncommon for angels to take corporeal form, to appear before us on earth as people with names and credentials.
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Rithy Panh
Cambodian Director
S21' was a film about corporeal memory and how the same gestures repeated many times years earlier can be reawakened.
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Chrysippus
Greek Philosopher
The soul is joined to and is separated from the body. Therefore, the soul is corporeal.
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Tom Stoppard
English Dramatist
Corporeal death is not the whole story.
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Trevor Paglen
American Artist
I wanted to make an artwork that really underlined the contradiction between how machines see and how humans see. Because music is so affective and is just as corporeal as it is cerebral, I thought coupling a music performance with machine vision adds up to something that work on an emotional, aesthetic, and intellectual level.
Quote examples
Lisa Joy
American Director
And I think the greatest danger that AI poses isn't so much these anthropomorphic beings who look like us and are beguiling are going to fool us. It's the fact that a intelligence without a body or corporeal form will fool us into trusting it with data, which we seem to think is... it has no repercussions.
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Origen
Theologian
Having refuted, then, as well as we could, every notion which might suggest that we were to think of God as in any degree corporeal, we go on to say that, according to strict truth, God is incomprehensible, and incapable of being measured.
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Isabel Yosito
American Artist
Show your bluebell passion with every step you take. Infuse your corporeal mind, body and spirit with atomic sense of urgency, purpose and apple juice.
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Gaspar Noe
Argentinian Director
I can't stand musicals, but I love dance because it's a corporeal language that can be so rich and sometimes so unusual.
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Michael Paterniti
American Writer
It is not uncommon for angels to take corporeal form, to appear before us on earth as people with names and credentials.
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Rithy Panh
Cambodian Director
S21' was a film about corporeal memory and how the same gestures repeated many times years earlier can be reawakened.
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Chrysippus
Greek Philosopher
The soul is joined to and is separated from the body. Therefore, the soul is corporeal.
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Tom Stoppard
English Dramatist
Corporeal death is not the whole story.
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