disembody

[ dis-em-bod-ee ]

verb (used with object)

, dis·em·bod·ied, dis·em·bod·y·ing.

1. to divest (a soul, spirit, etc.) of a body.

disembody

/ ˌdɪsɪmˈbɒdɪ /

verb

1. tr to free from the body or from physical form

Derived Forms

• ˌdisemˈbodiment, noun

Other Words From

• disem·bodi·ment noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of disembody¹

First recorded in 1705–15; dis- ¹ + embody

Example Sentences

Febos said she chose to center the body in the title to help ground her and the book: to dispel the learned impulse to disembody our writing.

From Los Angeles Times

"It's an awakening perhaps, for the children - but unfortunately a stressful one, really deeply stressful, because it's a bodily experience. You can't disembody yourself to escape it."

From BBC

In fact, Gadsby rejuvenates standup by making a moral statement about the self-deprecation that allowed her to disembody her trauma.

From The New Yorker

So before we can disembody communication, we must give body to the quantum theory.

From Scientific American

But then I thought if I remove myself, disembody myself from the story, and say this is a film about a woman and look at it as a separate entity to myself, I will be able to to do it.

From New York Times