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Meaning of body modification | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

Deliberate physical alteration of the human body for aesthetic purposes, such as tattooing and piercing.

countable, uncountable

Examples

“Voluntary amputeeism or apotemnophilia — where the subject wishes to have a limb or appendage removed — might arguably fall within the category of radical body modification.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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