as in spiritual
not composed of matter
ghosts are supposed to be incorporeal
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Recent Examples of incorporeal
If reason teaches that God is incorporeal, this means that God has no body; God does not physically see, nor do people see God.
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Randy L. Friedman, The Conversation, 16 Feb. 2024
The digital files are incorporeal.
—BostonGlobe.com, 9 June 2021
The network is incorporeal.
—J.m. Ledgard, Wired, 12 May 2021
After all, if someone can live without a brain, this would seem to open the door to belief in an incorporeal soul.
—Neuroskeptic, Discover Magazine, 27 Jan. 2020
Their physical bodies — and your own — get entangled with those pictorial references to bodily experience, bringing a ghostly, incorporeal picture home.
—Christopher Knightart Critic, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2022
Apart from the incorporeal fence through which my virtual car glides, the experience is a compelling facsimile of the world.
—Alex Davies, WIRED, 18 July 2019
But after the away team meets the Guardian of Forever, an incorporeal lifeform tasked with guarding a time gateway, the show takes a more interesting turn.
—Darren Orf, Popular Mechanics, 29 June 2018
Randy L. Friedman, The Conversation, 16 Feb. 2024
The digital files are incorporeal.
—BostonGlobe.com, 9 June 2021
The network is incorporeal.
—J.m. Ledgard, Wired, 12 May 2021
After all, if someone can live without a brain, this would seem to open the door to belief in an incorporeal soul.
—Neuroskeptic, Discover Magazine, 27 Jan. 2020
Their physical bodies — and your own — get entangled with those pictorial references to bodily experience, bringing a ghostly, incorporeal picture home.
—Christopher Knightart Critic, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2022
Apart from the incorporeal fence through which my virtual car glides, the experience is a compelling facsimile of the world.
—Alex Davies, WIRED, 18 July 2019
But after the away team meets the Guardian of Forever, an incorporeal lifeform tasked with guarding a time gateway, the show takes a more interesting turn.
—Darren Orf, Popular Mechanics, 29 June 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for incorporeal
Adjective
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Through her lectures and art, Sangeetha champions faith, inclusivity, and the spiritual significance of cultures, striving to create a more compassionate, understanding, and harmonious world.—
Benjamin Liong Setiawan,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2025
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The nameless boy becomes nothing more than collateral damage on the men’s superficial spiritual journey, cheapening any real progress that the brothers had made.—
Shannon Carlin,
Time,
30 May 2025
Adjective
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Cage’s haunted delivery, contrasting powerfully with Knell’s anxious, terrified giggling, gives the scene a metaphysical kick.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
28 May 2025
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The Hormone Monsters were soon joined by a full menagerie of metaphysical beings, from the Shame Wizard (David Thewlis) to the Depression Kitty (Jean Smart) to the Anxiety Mosquito (Maria Bamford).—
Alison Herman,
Variety,
24 May 2025
Adjective
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More than just a haunted house novel, this is a supernatural psychological thriller.—
Gabino Iglesias,
New York Times,
30 May 2025
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But things are brewing around another movie title, the 2022 supernatural horror thriller What Lies Beneath, which Johnson executive produced.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
30 May 2025
Adjective
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While auras may come from the realm of pseudoscience, all living beings do emit a faint light, invisible to the human eye—one that is extinguished upon death.—
Ian Randall,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 May 2025
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Expertise demands lifelong humility, rigor and self-correction, much of it invisible to the public eye.—
Venktesh Ramnath,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 May 2025
Adjective
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Hausmann said the dire conditions that led to multiple inmate deaths and physical attacks against prison employees in the year before its closure are immaterial.—
Matthew Kelly,
Kansas City Star,
23 May 2025
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On some level, what happens to any individual character on The Handmaid’s Tale is immaterial.—
Amanda Whiting,
Vulture,
20 May 2025
Adjective
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What are intangible assets? Intangible assets are nonphysical resources that generate economic and strategic value, such as patents, trademarks, customer trust and innovation capacity.—
Tami Saito,
Forbes.com,
23 Apr. 2025
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Ansari answers crypto question with call for campaign finance reform Ansari’s candidacy was boosted by a massive expenditure from advocates of cryptocurrency, the digital currencies that exist on nonphysical, decentralized ledger systems.—
Laura Gersony,
The Arizona Republic,
17 Oct. 2024
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“Incorporeal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incorporeal. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.
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