Corporealize

/kɔrˈpɔriəlaɪz/ verb

Definition

To give physical or material form to something abstract or spiritual; to make something into a body or physical substance.

Etymology

From corporeal + -ize (to make or become). This verb form emerged in philosophical and theological writing to describe the transformation of non-physical concepts into physical reality.

Kelly Says

Artists and writers use corporealization when they take invisible emotions or ideas and transform them into actual physical things you can see—like how a sculptor might corporealize an emotion in bronze.

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