nonphysical
Britishadjective
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not of or relating to the body or nature
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not sexual; platonic
intimate nonphysical friendships
Example Sentences
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Driving this view is the assertion that nothing that is nonphysical has physical effects.
From Textbooks • Jun. 15, 2022
But I now see the clothes as representative of where I grew up, my friends and my hard, if often nonphysical, work.
From New York Times • Feb. 19, 2022
They’re exactly what they sound like: nonphysical versions of a common form of state identification.
From Washington Post • Oct. 11, 2021
The unofficial practice was light, mostly going through nonphysical line rushes.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 9, 2021
There is no reason—so Watson argues—to suppose that their knowledge IS anything beyond the habits shown in this behaviour: the inference that other people have something nonphysical called "mind" or "thought" is therefore unwarranted.
From The Analysis of Mind by Russell, Bertrand
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