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immateriality

[ im-uh-teer-ee-al-i-tee ]

/ ˌɪm əˌtɪər iˈæl ɪ ti /

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noun, plural im·ma·te·ri·al·i·ties for 2.

state or character of being immaterial.

something immaterial.

Origin of immateriality

First recorded in 1560–70; immaterial + -ity

Words nearby immateriality

immanent, immanentism, immanuel, immaterial, immaterialism, immateriality, immaterialize, immature, immature cataract, immaturity, immeasurable

Example sentences from the Web for immateriality

Its arial trembling and immateriality may meet the soul in waves of glowing fire, but intellectually it is unseizable.

Paul Verlaine |Stefan Zweig
There is one argument commonly employed for the immateriality of the soul, which seems to me remarkable.

A Treatise of Human Nature |David Hume
Whose capacity embraces spirituality, immateriality, incorporeity, or the mysteries of which he is every day informed?

The System of Nature, Volume 2 |Paul Henri Thiery (Baron D'Holbach)
Her fingers lay quiet and passive in his, with that strange sense of immateriality that sleep brings to the body.

The Return |Walter de la Mare

With the theory of the immateriality of the body, you are able to see everywhere nothing but spirits.

What is Property? |P. J. Proudhon