disembodiment.

Separation or a represented separation from bodily form, bodily presence or embodied experience.

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Words that belong together

• sense of disembodiment
• digital disembodiment

On the page

A sense of disembodiment arose when the character heard her voice without locating its source.

The essay explored digital disembodiment without claiming that communication actually removed the user’s body.

Usage notes

Primary category: horror / sci-fi / gothic. Forms: Usually uncountable. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: hazard description, speculative setting, bodily condition, scene explanation. Disciplines: genre writing, science-informed description, clinical and safety vocabulary. Commonness: uncommon.