somaticism

Definitions

A tendency to express psychological distress through physical symptoms.

The quality or state of being somatic; an emphasis on the physical body.

Examples

The patient's persistent somaticism manifested as a series of unexplained physical aches that defied standard medical diagnosis.

In his psychological study, the author explores how deep-seated anxiety can transform into somaticism, causing real physiological distress.

The therapist suggested that her chronic fatigue was a form of somaticism, reflecting the emotional burdens she had been suppressing for years.

Synonyms

physicality corporeality embodiment materiality bodiliness fleshiness physicalism

Antonyms

spirituality immateriality incorporeality idealism abstraction nonphysicality ethereality