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incorporeity

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[in-kawr-puh-ree-i-tee] / ˌɪn kɔr pəˈri ɪ ti /

noun

  1. the quality of being incorporeal; disembodied existence or entity; incorporeality.


Etymology

Origin of incorporeity

1595–1605; < Medieval Latin incorporeitās, equivalent to Latin incorpore ( us ) incorporeal + -itās -ity

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Though Kalanithi lacks Coutts’s Shakespearean nuance, he is a literate, first-rate reporter in the vanguard of a modern battle, and he writes with the urgency of his looming incorporeity.

From New York Times Feb. 8, 2016

The arguments for the existence, unity, and incorporeity of God divide the Arabic philosophers into two schools.

From Jewish Literature and Other Essays by Karpeles, Gustav

Whose capacity embraces spirituality, immateriality, incorporeity, or the mysteries of which he is every day informed?

From The System of Nature, Volume 2 by Holbach, Paul Henri Thiry, baron d'

Abady, one of the most strenuous supporters of immaterialism, says, "The question is not what incorporeity is, but whether it be."

From The System of Nature, Volume 2 by Holbach, Paul Henri Thiry, baron d'

If incorporeity is the motive-power of this nature, it no longer exists independently; it, in fact, exists no longer than the subject to which it is inherent subsists.

From The System of Nature, Volume 2 by Holbach, Paul Henri Thiry, baron d'

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