PHYSICALITY Synonyms: 36 Similar and Opposite Words

physicality

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as in sensuality

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Recent Examples of physicality The full-bodied physicality with which delas Alas imbues her performance turns such punishingly poignant bits into the stuff of boisterous spectacle. — Lé Baltar, IndieWire, 13 Aug. 2026 The prediction here is that Mellalieu throws for over 250 yards, and the Eagles’ physicality in the trenches becomes too much for Leilehua to overcome at home. — Ethan Hanson, Daily News, 13 Aug. 2026 Instead, in their wake, the league veered far in the other direction, taking the finesse out of the game and turning on-court play into a street fight, with officials unable or unwilling to get their arms round the physicality. — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 12 Aug. 2026 Few contemporary A-list actors give better scared face than her, and as with her psychologically fraught pop star in Mother Mary, there’s a physicality to her action-mom turn here that’s thrilling to watch. — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 12 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for physicality

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Noun

The aural experience, overall, has a velvety, glimmering sensuality.

— Vogue, Vogue, 14 Aug. 2026
Indeed, while shimmering from head to toe, the Valentino dress retained simplicity and sensuality inn equal measure classic and contemporary — not an easy feat to achieve, especially while promoting a series rooted in the ’80s aesthetic.

— Julia Teti, Footwear News, 28 July 2026

Definition of sensuality

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The rich textures and thick ambiance of The Eyes of Others are pure high modernist 1960s Italian cinema, but De Sica unfurls the film’s winding intrigues with a contemporary sense of suspense, carnality, and visual boldness.

— Zac Ntim, Deadline, 29 Apr. 2026
But as Maud's God begins to talk back, and her desperate pleas for divine intervention send her into fits of orgasmic fervor and desperate carnality, Glass hints at the depths of mania powering the nurse's dedication.

— Dennis Perkins, Entertainment Weekly, 31 Oct. 2025

Definition of carnality

Noun

In other words, humans can act against the animal component of their nature and manifest their humanity by rejecting their animality.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 Nov. 2025
This strangeness causes all sorts of internal agitation, an uneasiness about humanity’s closeness to animality.

— Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 16 Feb. 2025

Definition of animality

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