disembody
verb (used with object)
to divest (a soul, spirit, etc.) of a body.
disembodiment
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a word derived from
disembody.
Example Sentences
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They aren’t fostered by technology’s illusion of endless consumption, infinite options and cost-free disembodiment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026
Gunderson and Harrison are looking ahead to see how AI might be super-charging our disembodiment.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2025
But disembodiment can also be confusing for those whose identities are shaped by the views of others.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 14, 2022
“Fantasies often have this tinge of mystical disembodiment for me. And I’m like, OK, well, that didn’t happen. I’m still human.”
From New York Times ● Apr. 16, 2020
The greatest reward of this constant interrogation, of confrontation with the brutality of my country, is that it has freed me from ghosts and girded me against the sheer terror of disembodiment.
From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates
