corporeal

UK /kɔːɹˈpɔːɹiəl/ US /kɔːɹˈpɔːɹiəl/

adj 2

Definitions

adj

Material; tangible; physical.

His omnipotence That to corporeal substance could add Speed almost spiritual.

She is always diagnosing me. My corporeal health is of almost as much interest to her as my spiritual health: she is especially proprietary about my bowels.

Pertaining to the body; bodily; corporal.

Collocations

VERB + CORPOREAL

diagnosing

CORPOREAL + NOUN

health, substance

Thesaurus

Synonyms

adjective — having material or physical form or substance

material

adjective — affecting or characteristic of the body as opposed to the mi

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

His omnipotence That to corporeal substance could add Speed almost spiritual.

Wiktionary

She is always diagnosing me. My corporeal health is of almost as much interest to her as my spiritual health: she is especially proprietary about my bowels.

Wiktionary

Sometimes the attempt was made to reduce the inner to the outer world (Condillac, Mach, Avenarius, materialism); sometimes the outer to the inner world (Descartes, Berkeley, Fichte); sometimes the sph

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Usage Notes

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In some senses, corporeal is marked as archaic. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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