incorporeity
Incorporeity (noun) refers to the state or quality of being without a physical body or material substance; immateriality or non-corporeal existence.
- (The quality of being without a physical body.)
- (The state of being immaterial or non-corporeal.)
- (The quality of lacking material substance.)
"Incorporeity of thought": refers to the abstract, non-material nature of mental processes or ideas.
- The incorporeity of thought makes it difficult to measure or observe directly. (Thoughts are immaterial and not physical.)
"Incorporeity in law": used in legal contexts to describe entities without physical form, such as corporations or intellectual property.
- The law recognizes the incorporeity of a corporation as a legal person. (A corporation is a non-physical legal entity.)
Incorporeal (adj): lacking a physical body or form; immaterial.
- The ghost was described as an incorporeal presence. (Without physical substance.)
Corporeity (noun): the state of having a physical body or material substance.
- The corporeity of the statue was evident from its weight and texture. (The quality of being physical.)
Incorporeally (adv): in an immaterial or non-physical manner.
- The spirit moved incorporeally through the room. (Without a physical body.)
- Immateriality: the quality of being not composed of matter.
- Disembodiment: the state of being separated from a physical body.
- Intangibility: the quality of being unable to be touched or physically perceived.
"A ghost in the machine": a phrase referring to the philosophical idea of the mind or soul as a non-physical entity within a physical body.
- His theory of consciousness reduces the mind to a ghost in the machine, implying incorporeity. (The mind is seen as immaterial.)
"Beyond the veil": a metaphor for the immaterial or spiritual realm.
- The incorporeity of the afterlife is often described as beyond the veil. (The non-physical nature of existence after death.)