immateriality

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

noun

, plural im·ma·te·ri·al·i·ties

1. state or character of being immaterial.
2. something immaterial.

Word History and Origins

Origin of immateriality¹

First recorded in 1560–70; immaterial + -ity

Example Sentences

Of course no one need demand that a strict immateriality be attached to these words.

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The old familiar look of incredulity crept into their eyes when they came to an understanding of the immateriality of the dose.

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It will become the most complete of all reflexes of Nature by reason of its untrammeled immateriality.

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The immateriality of light had been substantially demonstrated, but practically no one save its author accepted the demonstration.

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His evidences for the existence, the immateriality, and the unity of God, are conceived in the same spirit.

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