as in spiritual
not composed of matter
ghosts are often depicted as unbodied, yet somehow visible, beings
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Recent Examples of unbodied
Though its name suggests a nootropics concern or a purveyor of networked exercise equipment, Superhuman’s unbodied offering is productivity software for the inbox.
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Anna Wiener, The New Yorker, 17 July 2019
Deleuze and Guattari, in Anti-Oedipus, see in it the model of a new kind of reasoning: schizoid, unbodied, and diffuse.
—Sam Kriss, The Atlantic, 13 Oct. 2017
Anna Wiener, The New Yorker, 17 July 2019
Deleuze and Guattari, in Anti-Oedipus, see in it the model of a new kind of reasoning: schizoid, unbodied, and diffuse.
—Sam Kriss, The Atlantic, 13 Oct. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unbodied
Adjective
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Martin, a native Angeleno and former journalist, leans hard into her spiritual side.—
Ingrid Abramovitch,
Architectural Digest,
24 Mar. 2026
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Their spiritual journey, their medicine journey, their ceremonies.—
Ashley J. DiMella,
FOXNews.com,
24 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Followers of the Abrahamic religions are supposed to treat God as immaterial and incorporeal, yet these early Yahweh worshippers imagined him as fully embodied.—
Manvir Singh,
New Yorker,
9 Mar. 2026
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Positioned as a large-scale genre event, the series updates the legendary SFX property with a contemporary political and social edge, with Shun Oguri leading the cast as a detective hunting a seemingly incorporeal killer.—
Patrick Brzeski,
HollywoodReporter,
27 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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The important things are often bodiless.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 Mar. 2026
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Her testimony led to the U.K.’s first bodiless murder conviction.—
Udita Jhunjhunwala,
Variety,
22 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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The movie addresses metaphysical questions such as the egregore of a generation, the nature of evil, and the search for God in times of His absence.—
PhotoVogue,
Vogue,
19 Mar. 2026
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The most fundamental consequences of being struck by lightning are often metaphysical, and not easily communicable.—
Jacob Stern,
The Atlantic,
16 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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That leaves thousands of families connected by an invisible thread of loss, uncertainty and unresolved grief.—
Chelsea Bailey,
CNN Money,
28 Mar. 2026
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Finding an invisible engine The mystery traces back to observations made by NASA’s Cassini in 2004, which suggested Saturn’s rotation rate was changing over time.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
28 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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New Line has once again brightened up to the idea of a sequel to its 2016 supernatural horror hit Lights Out.—
Borys Kit,
HollywoodReporter,
27 Mar. 2026
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Together, the Fruits form a coven — or, at least, something like a coven — wielding their soft supernatural powers between shifts, on and off the sales floor.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
25 Mar. 2026
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“Unbodied.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unbodied. Accessed 29 Mar. 2026.
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