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phys·i·cal·ize

 (fĭz′ĭ-kə-līz′)
tr.v. phys·i·cal·ized, phys·i·cal·iz·ing, phys·i·cal·iz·es
1. To express with the body: physicalize one's emotions.
2. To describe or interpret in physical terms: "a writer who physicalizes everything he feels" (James Wolcott).
phys′i·cal·i·za′tion (-kə-lĭ-zā′shən) n.
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"I have a particular aversion to theatre shows where they'll do a physicalisation of the things they were telling you in the text as well.
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'We had the physicalisation of this burned on our retinas.'
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