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terrenal — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • carnal adjective Relating to physical or sexual desires and pleasures rather than the mind or spirit.
  • Earthling noun A person from Earth, especially as imagined from the perspective of aliens.
  • earthly adj Belonging to this world or life, rather than to heaven or the afterlife.

Senses

terrenal is used for these senses in English:

  • Earthling (chiefly, science fiction) An inhabitant of Earth, as opposed to one of another planet; specifically, a sentient member of any species native to Earth. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]
  • carnal Worldly or earthly; temporal.
  • earthly Relating to the earth or this world, as opposed to heaven; terrestrial.

carnal — full definition

  1. adjective Relating to physical or sexual desires and pleasures rather than the mind or spirit.
  2. adjective Relating to the body rather than the spirit; worldly rather than spiritual.

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