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单词 corporeal
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corporeal

(kɔːʳpɔːriəl)
adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun]
Corporeal means involving or relating to the physical world rather than the spiritual world.
[formal]
...man's corporeal existence.
Synonyms: physical, human, material, substantial [formal] More Synonyms of corporeal

corporeal in British English

(kɔːˈpɔːrɪəl)
adjective
1. 
of the nature of the physical body; not spiritual
2. 
of a material nature; physical
Derived forms
corporeality (corˌporeˈality) or corporealness (corˈporealness)
noun
corporeally (corˈporeally)
adverb
Word origin
C17: from Latin corporeus, from corpus body

corporeal in American English

(kɔrˈpɔriəl)
adjective
1. 
of, for, or having the nature of, the body; physical; bodily; not spiritual
2. 
of a material nature; perceptible by the senses; tangible
SIMILAR WORDS:  ˈbodily, maˈterial
Derived forms
corporeally (corˈporeally)
adverb
Word origin
< L corporeus < corpus: see corpus

Examples of 'corporeal' in a sentence
corporeal

`He's like Sylvia in that his temptations lie in the corporeal realm - food, drink, women.
Pickard, Nancy NO BODY (2002)
She knew if she didn't visit now she never could, and even this sense of his corporeal, albeit disintegrating reality, be lost to her.
Weldon, Fay SPLITTING (2002)
Under normal conditions it would be some time before I could return to life in corporeal form.
Hodgman, Ann MY BABYSITTER BITES BACK (2002)
Mr. Phipps had been, she told Spencer, the only inducement she could name for prolonging her corporeal existence.
Katherine Mosb THE SEASON OF LILLIAN DAWES (2002)
(adjective) 
Definition
of the physical world rather than the spiritual
Descartes held that there are two kinds of substances in the world, mental and corporeal.
Synonyms
physical
the physical problems caused by the illness
human
the human body
material
the material world
substantial (formal)
talk of imminent and substantial progress
bodily
There's more to eating than just bodily needs.
mortal
We are designed to be mortal.
fleshy

Additional synonyms

in the sense of bodily
Definition
relating to the human body
There's more to eating than just bodily needs.
Synonyms
physical,
material,
actual,
substantial (formal),
fleshly,
tangible,
corporal,
carnal,
corporeal
in the sense of human
Definition
of or relating to people
the human body
Synonyms
mortal,
anthropoid,
manlike
in the sense of material
Definition
concerned with or composed of physical matter or substance
the material world
Synonyms
physical,
worldly,
solid,
substantial (formal),
concrete,
fleshly,
bodily,
tangible,
palpable,
corporeal,
nonspiritual

Nearby words of
corporeal

  • corporal
  • corporate
  • corporation
  • corporeal
  • corps
  • corpse
  • corpulence

Synonyms of 'corporeal'

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