lacking a body or freed from the body; incorporeal lacking in substance, solidity, or any firm relation to reality
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dis•em•bod•ied /ˌdɪsɛmˈbɑdid/USA pronunciation
adj. [before a noun]
- being without a body;
existing as if without a body:A disembodied voice came out of the loudspeaker.
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dis•em•bod•y
(dis′em bod′ē),USA pronunciation v.t., -bod•ied, -bod•y•ing.
dis′em•bod′i•ment, n.
- to divest (a soul, spirit, etc.) of a body.
- dis-1 + embody 1705–15
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- (transitive)
to free from the body or from physical form
'disembodied' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Aius Locutius
- bodiless
- ghost
- incorporeity
- manifest
- manifestation
- reminiscence
- soul
- spiritualism
- unbodied