unembodied

/'ʌnim'bɔdid/

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A ghost is an unembodied spirit that haunts the old house.

Definition

Adjective:
- Not having a physical or material form; incorporeal, disembodied. This describes something that exists without a tangible body or physical substance.
- Not incorporated or included into a unified whole. This describes something that remains separate and is not integrated into a body or system.

Usage

The primary use of unembodied is to describe entities, concepts, or forces that lack physical form. It is a formal or literary term.
It can also be used in more abstract contexts to describe elements that are not part of a main structure or collection.

Examples

Adjective:
- The medium claimed to communicate with unembodied spirits.
- The philosopher pondered the nature of unembodied consciousness.
- The data remained unembodied, not yet integrated into the main report.

Advanced Usage

"unembodied voice": a voice heard without a visible source.
- An unembodied voice echoed through the empty hall.
"unembodied idea": a concept not yet realized in a concrete form.
- It started as an unembodied idea before becoming a bestselling novel.

Variants and Related Words

Disembodied (adj): separated from or lacking a body. Often used interchangeably with , but can imply a previous state of having a body.
- A disembodied head.
Incorporeal (adj): without a physical body or form. A more common synonym in legal and philosophical contexts.
- Incorporeal property rights.
Bodiless (adj): having no body. A direct synonym.
- Bodiless entities.

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Related Phrases and Concepts

Unembodied existence: the state of living or being without a physical form.
- The concept of unembodied existence is central to some spiritual beliefs.
Unembodied labor: (in economic theory) labor that is not yet materialized in a product.
- The theory distinguishes between embodied and unembodied technical change.

A ghost is an unembodied spirit that haunts the old house.

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