body-mind

A form of bodymind — Body and mind viewed as a single integrated entity.

Meanings

nounbody-mind (countable and uncountable, plural body-minds)

plural body-minds

  1. alternativecountableuncountableAlternative form of bodymind.

    Prevention stops the trouble from entering individual body-minds or entire communities but often doesn't impact its collective existence.

    2017, Eli Clare, Brilliant Imperfection: Grappling with Cure, →ISBN
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    However, this fundamental ontological union of body-mind does not entail that a satisfactory degree of harmonious unity in our behavior as body-minds is always guaranteed or achieved.

    2012, Bryan S Turner, Routledge Handbook of Body Studies, →ISBN
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APA

body-mind. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/body-mind

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “body-mind,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/body-mind.

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