PHYSICALITY Synonyms: 36 Similar and Opposite Words

physicality

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Recent Examples of physicality There’s a beauty in watching the two lead actors together, each attuned to their character’s distinct kind of physicality. — Jay Weissberg, Variety, 23 Oct. 2026 Her physicality is that of a -longsuffering, exhausted parent. — Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 23 Oct. 2026 And while he’s been blessed by natural talent and physicality, his rise through the system has been a journey of sacrifice and education. — Ben Church, CNN Money, 22 Oct. 2026 Just genius, the physicality and the voice, and his own writing. — Michael Schulman, New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for physicality

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Noun

The stretches of the movie that lean into the romance and sensuality of its premise are genuinely charming.

— Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 22 Oct. 2026
The season’s softer palette and lightweight gauze, linen-silk and wool lace reflected a shift away from the more aggressive sensuality associated with the brand’s earlier work.

— Tianwei Zhang, Footwear News, 16 Oct. 2026

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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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