Dictionary

physicality en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree English physical Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English physicality From physical + -ity.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) Physical attributes.
   • Their bodies started to melt, and lost what physicality they had. Pretty soon, all of the test subjects had melted together into … Those. 2015 September 15, Toby Fox, Undertale, Linux, Microsoft Windows, OS X:
   • At the heart of that was McTominay, using his physicality to break down Spanish momentum, and his reading of the game to stymie their attacks. 28 March 2023, Graeme McGarry, “Scott McTominay earns place in history as Scotland stun Spain”, in The Herald:
2. (countable, uncountable) Obsession with physical urges.

Forms

Deriveds

nonphysicality

Synonyms

physicalness

Translations (4)

es fisicalidad (physical attributes) · fi fysikaalisuus (physical attributes) · es fisicidad (physical attributes) · ca fisicitat (physical attributes)