Meanings
nounphysicalness (countable and uncountable, plural physicalnesses)
plural physicalnesses
- countableuncountableThe condition of being physical; physicality.
We admire the intellect, as indeed we should, and admire all sorts of other endeavors but when the area of physicalness comes, it's reduced to vanity.
1977 April 30, David Holland, John Rechy, “The Politics of 'The Sexual Outlaw'”, in Gay Community News, page 9
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe quality of being physical; consisting of matter
Broader
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Origin
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APA
physicalness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/physicalness
MLA
“physicalness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/physicalness. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “physicalness,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/physicalness.
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