PHYSICALITY Synonyms: 36 Similar and Opposite Words

physicality

noun

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Recent Examples of physicality One thing that could take the Giants far is the physicality at the line, as mentioned earlier, but the team overall is still young and mistake-prone. — Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Sep. 2026 The injury played with his head as much as his game, robbing him of his confidence and physicality. — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 11 Sep. 2026 What took a sec to figure out was the fun of the physicality, and adopting his gait, and trying to figure out his particular eye situation and all of these different things. — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 11 Sep. 2026 And that is the undercurrent to me of any objections towards physicality in women's pro-athletics because a lot of people don't believe women should be playing professional sports as is. — Sam Fragoso, NPR, 10 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for physicality

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Noun

But Northeast’s performance, which emanates joy and a guileless sensuality, deserves to be as much of a launchpad to stardom.

— Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 10 Sep. 2026
Their design vernaculars seemed to have always been in conversation, with their understanding of sensuality existing in parallel spaces, even if their expression of it was different.

— José Criales-Unzueta, Vanity Fair, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of sensuality

Noun

The rich textures and thick ambiance of The Eyes of Others are pure high modernist 1960s Italian cinema, but De Sica unfurls the film’s winding intrigues with a contemporary sense of suspense, carnality, and visual boldness.

— Zac Ntim, Deadline, 29 Apr. 2026
But as Maud's God begins to talk back, and her desperate pleas for divine intervention send her into fits of orgasmic fervor and desperate carnality, Glass hints at the depths of mania powering the nurse's dedication.

— Dennis Perkins, Entertainment Weekly, 31 Oct. 2025

Definition of carnality

Noun

In other words, humans can act against the animal component of their nature and manifest their humanity by rejecting their animality.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 Nov. 2025
This strangeness causes all sorts of internal agitation, an uneasiness about humanity’s closeness to animality.

— Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 16 Feb. 2025

Definition of animality

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