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noncorporal

noncorporal adjective: not corporal.

Adjective

noncorporal (not comparable)

  1. Not corporal.
    • Whiting takes the language of "enlightened" (noncorporal) methods of disciplining children and turns it into a Kafkaesque nightmare of ambiguous threats, disorienting double messages, and absurd lures as the goal of making the boy apologize becomes absorbed into the family members' struggle for...1988 August 12, Albert Williams, “Take Time to Listen”, in Chicago Reader, archived from the original on 31 Jul 2021

Origin of noncorporal

From non- + corporal.

Questions about noncorporal

What does noncorporal mean?
Noncorporal means not corporal.
What part of speech is noncorporal?
Noncorporal is an adjective.

Words near noncorporal in the dictionary

  1. noncoronary
  2. noncoronaviral
  3. noncoronavirus
  4. noncoronaviruses
  5. noncorotational
  6. noncorporal
  7. noncorporate
  8. noncorporation
  9. noncorporations
  10. noncorporeal
  11. noncorporeality

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