immateriality

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

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

Origin of immateriality

First recorded in 1560–70; immaterial + -ity

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.
Sketch of a New Esthetic of Music | Ferruccio Busoni
The immateriality of light had been substantially demonstrated, but practically no one save its author accepted the demonstration.
A History of Science, Volume 3(of 5) | Henry Smith Williams
His evidences for the existence, the immateriality, and the unity of God, are conceived in the same spirit.
Jewish Literature and Other Essays | Gustav Karpeles

Browse