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dephysicalize en · VERB

Etymology

From de- + physicalize.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To strip of physical form.
    • Lourdes' intense need to dephysicalize her own body and the space of Cuba refers back to the physical abuse that she has suffered. 2004, Fatima Mujčinović, Postmodern cross-culturalism and politicization in U.S. Latina literature:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
dephysicalized Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
dephysicalized Tense=Past lexicographic
dephysicalizing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
dephysicalizes Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Relateds

dephysicalization

Synonyms

abstractify