immateriality

[ im-uh-teer-ee-al-i-tee ]
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noun,plural im·ma·te·ri·al·i·ties for 2.
  1. state or character of being immaterial.

  2. something immaterial.

Origin of immateriality

1
First recorded in 1560–70; immaterial + -ity

Words Nearby immateriality

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How to use immateriality in a sentence

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

    The Myths of the New World | Daniel G. Brinton
  • The old familiar look of incredulity crept into their eyes when they came to an understanding of the immateriality of the dose.

    Doctor Jones' Picnic | S. E. Chapman
  • It will become the most complete of all reflexes of Nature by reason of its untrammeled immateriality.

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

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