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dephysicalizing

dephysicalizing is the present participle and gerund of dephysicalize.

Meaning of dephysicalize

Verb

dephysicalize (third-person singular simple present dephysicalizes, present participle dephysicalizing, simple past and past participle dephysicalized)

  1. (transitive) To strip of physical form.
    • Lourdes' intense need to dephysicalize her own body and the space of Cuba refers back to the physical abuse that she has suffered.2004, Fatima Mujčinović, Postmodern cross-culturalism and politicization in U.S. Latina literature
    Synonyms:
    abstractify

Questions about dephysicalizing

What is dephysicalizing the present participle and gerund of?
Dephysicalizing is the present participle and gerund of dephysicalize.

Words near dephysicalizing in the dictionary

  1. dephosphorylations
  2. dephysicalization
  3. dephysicalize
  4. dephysicalized
  5. dephysicalizes
  6. dephysicalizing
  7. dephytinisation
  8. dephytinisations
  9. dephytinise
  10. dephytinised
  11. dephytinization

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