dephysicalize
English edit
Etymology edit
de- + physicalize
Verb edit
dephysicalize (third-person singular simple present dephysicalizes, present participle dephysicalizing, simple past and past participle dephysicalized)
- (transitive) To strip of physical form.
- 2004, Fatima Mujčinović, Postmodern cross-culturalism and politicization in U.S. Latina literature:
- Lourdes' intense need to dephysicalize her own body and the space of Cuba refers back to the physical abuse that she has suffered.