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
There ’s Mother’s tongue and your eyes and me, my body, my bodies, my corporeality?
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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
By putting his name On a video game – So much for corporeality!
—Washington Post, 27 Jan. 2022
In addition to Clinton, Jacobs was a Prince fan — who wasn’t? — and admired that the superstar could hole up in a studio alone, playing every instrument by himself and producing records that would normally require the brainpower, not to mention the corporeality, of collaborators.
—Paul Thompson, Vulture, 26 Apr. 2021
Contact isn’t required for corporeality.
—BostonGlobe.com, 4 Feb. 2021
Chauvin’s knee on Floyd’s neck is another instance of intentional and casual cruelty thinly disguised as law enforcement, an all too often fatal corporeality for black people in the U.S. Fulford was immediately struck by the similarity between the murders of Garner and Floyd.
—Brianna Milord, The New Yorker, 12 June 2020
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
By putting his name On a video game – So much for corporeality!
—Washington Post, 27 Jan. 2022
In addition to Clinton, Jacobs was a Prince fan — who wasn’t? — and admired that the superstar could hole up in a studio alone, playing every instrument by himself and producing records that would normally require the brainpower, not to mention the corporeality, of collaborators.
—Paul Thompson, Vulture, 26 Apr. 2021
Contact isn’t required for corporeality.
—BostonGlobe.com, 4 Feb. 2021
Chauvin’s knee on Floyd’s neck is another instance of intentional and casual cruelty thinly disguised as law enforcement, an all too often fatal corporeality for black people in the U.S. Fulford was immediately struck by the similarity between the murders of Garner and Floyd.
—Brianna Milord, The New Yorker, 12 June 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for corporeality
existence
Noun
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The story follows her repetitive daily existence, haunted by the suicide of her boyfriend Leo.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
5 Sep. 2025
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As a dimwitted product of a vapid culture, Beatty’s protagonist is hardly a figure to like — but Ashby’s amusing day-in-the-life exploration of his manic existence is wildly entertaining.—
Christina Newland,
Vulture,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Corporeality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/corporeality. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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