Visceral Definition

vĭsər-əl
adjective
Of, having the nature of, situated in, or affecting the viscera.
Webster's New World
Intuitive, instinctive, emotional, etc. rather than intellectual.
A visceral reaction.
Webster's New World

Having to do with the response of the body as opposed to the intellect, as in the distinction between feeling and thinking.

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Origin of Visceral

  • From Latin viscera, plural of viscus (“any internal organ of the body").

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Visceral Sentence Examples

  • He had a visceral dislike of Europe.

  • It created a visceral thrill that carries you along through the film's two hours.

  • The advertising creates a visceral sensation of fear for which reason it also sells well.

  • It added the visceral punch it needed.

  • This is a body of work, which, beneath their overtly visual romance, is almost visceral in its melancholy.

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