Definition of corporealitynext
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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  • Wind would blow the trees against the windows and the humidifier would puff and David would deteriorate in his little slice of existence, running out the clock there on the very edge of other people’s real lives.
    Emma Cline, New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2026
  • Because the existence of our precious country, the country of all of us, the existence of Israel, is not up for negotiation.
    Eric Mack, FOXNews.com, 9 Aug. 2026

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“Corporeality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/corporeality. Accessed 12 Aug. 2026.

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