physical
adjective
of or relating to the body.
quasi-physical
-
a word derived from
physical.
Example Sentences
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But these do not exert a quasi-physical or magical influence, ex opere operato.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 "Chitral" to "Cincinnati" by Various
Sacrifice was believed to exert an influence on the deity which is quasi-physical, and in sacrificial feasts God and worshipper are in mysterious union.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 "Chitral" to "Cincinnati" by Various
At the same time, the elements are more and more completely identified with the body and blood of Christ, and the nature of the presence of Christ is conceived under quasi-physical categories.
From A Source Book for Ancient Church History by Joseph Cullen Ayer
The plain truth is that legalism is precluded, by its own first principles from appealing to any motive higher than that instinctive desire for pleasure which has as its counterpart a quasi-physical fear of pain.
From What Is and What Might Be A Study of Education in General and Elementary Education in Particular by Edmond Holmes
The word is to be taken in its strict sense as a protest against the quasi-physical order of law.
From Hegel's Philosophy of Mind by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
