bodily appearance
collocation in Englishmeaningsofbodilyandappearance
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bodily
adjective
uk/ˈbɒd.əl.i/us/ˈbɑː.dəl.i/
relating to the ...
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appearance
noun
uk/əˈpɪə.rəns/us/əˈpɪr.əns/
an occasion when someone appears ...
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(Definition ofbodilyandappearancefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofbodily appearance
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Similarly, properbodilyappearanceresulted also from dress and hairstyle, cleanliness and posture, rather than only from physical diacritics.
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Given the nature ofbodilyappearance, however, it was impossible to disentangle the biological and social influences.
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A growing number of theoretical essays and empirical studies have addressed the question ofbodilyappearanceand ageing.
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After an initial period of unease, the participants gradually came to terms with the growing divergence of theirbodilyappearancefrom youthful norms of beauty.
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At older ages, age-habitus appears to be a stronger influence on attitudes tobodilyappearancethan class (and maybe even gender).
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A few placed a very high value onbodilyappearance, despite being close to economic hardship.
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One was to collect empirical evidence on older women's relations tobodilyappearance, and to analyse the variations by their social and material conditions.
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The practice of cosmetic surgery may be criticized on the grounds that it is fueled by vanity and narcissistic fixation onbodilyappearance.
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Two other themes illustrated the use ofbodilyappearanceas a means of social distinction by more affluent older women.
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Do such practices prepare older women from affluent milieus to face the losses they experience in theirbodilyappearance?
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The focus was on issues ofbodilyappearancerather than bodily care in general.
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In recent years, social gerontology researchers have shown interest inbodilyappearancein later life, particularly among older women.
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The following quotations illustrate the way in which some participants manifested their political convictions in theirbodilyappearance.
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The aging body : attitudes towardbodilyappearanceamong physically active and inactive women and men of different ages.
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Two researchers independently coded all the material related tobodilyappearanceinto categories based on semantic affinities.
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Retirement also altered their aspirations for theirbodilyappearance.
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