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disembodiment

noun

Etymology

From disembody + -ment.

  1. derived from *bʰewdʰ-✻ — “to be awake, observe”
  2. inherited from *bodag✻ — “body, trunk”
  3. inherited from bodiġ
  4. inherited from body
  5. prefixed as embody — “em + body”
  6. prefixed as disembody — “dis + embody”
  7. suffixed as disembodiment — “disembody + ment”

Definitions

  1. The process or state of disembodying.

    • […] is giving military analysts an opportunity to review the mixed history of a weapon that has long been associated with low-cost war, a sense of disembodiment from conflict, and for inflicting a high number of civilian casualties.

  2. A soul, spirit, or consciousness that has been disembodied, or which otherwise lacks a…

    A soul, spirit, or consciousness that has been disembodied, or which otherwise lacks a physical form.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA