PHYSICALITY Synonyms: 36 Similar and Opposite Words

physicality

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as in sensuality

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Recent Examples of physicality The league shifted its approach to officiating this season with an emphasis on increasing foul calls and diluting the amount of unnecessary physicality in the game. — Colleen Kane, Chicago Tribune, 26 July 2026 Everybody knows defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo prefers aggression and physicality in his cornerbacks, but like anything, there is a limit. — Kansas City Star, 25 July 2026 Clark is the one constantly subjected to excessive physicality from other WNBA players, and Armour still finds a way to make the aftermath her responsibility. — Dan Zaksheske Outkick, FOXNews.com, 23 July 2026 Can Emmanuel Forbes provide some physicality and earn playing time? — Adam Grosbard, Oc Register, 23 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for physicality

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Noun

Indeed, while shimmering from head to toe, the Valentino dress retained simplicity and sensuality inn equal measure classic and contemporary — not an easy feat to achieve, especially while promoting a series rooted in the ’80s aesthetic.

— Julia Teti, Footwear News, 28 July 2026
While wide hips were considered a problem area not so long ago, designers are now erecting a sort of fashion monument to them—as a symbol of sensuality, strength, and self-determination.

— Kelly Niesen, Glamour, 24 July 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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