carnality

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car·nal

(kär′nəl)

adj.

1. Relating to the physical and especially sexual appetites: carnal desire.

2. Worldly or earthly; temporal: the carnal world.

3. Of or relating to the body or flesh; bodily: carnal remains.

[Middle English, from Old North French carnel, from Latin carnālis, from Latin carō, carn-, flesh; see sker- in Indo-European roots.]

car·nal′i·ty (kär-năl′ĭ-tē) n.

car′nal·ly adv.

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carnalism, carnality

the practice of finding satisfaction in activities related to fleshly desires and appetites, especially the sexual. — carnal, adj.

carnality

noun

A preoccupation with the body and satisfaction of its desires:

animalism, animality, fleshliness, physicality, sensuality.

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