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corporeal

Adjective

IPA /kɔːˈpɔːriəl/

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Meaning in plain English

Having a physical form that can be touched, rather than being spiritual or imaginary.

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corporeal/kɔːˈpɔːriəl/

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A character begins as an invisible spirit
In the story, it gains a physical body
Its form can now be touched

A corporeal form has physical existence rather than being purely spiritual or imaginary.

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In the fantasy story, the ghost suddenly takes corporeal form.
The philosophy class debated the difference between mental experience and corporeal existence.

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corporeal — Having a physical form that can be touched, rather than being spiritual or imaginary.

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Having a physical form that can be touched, rather than being spiritual or imaginary.

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Word origin

From Latin corpus, meaning body, through later forms meaning bodily or physical.

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Corporeal can describe physical existence, while incorporeal describes something without a physical body.

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