immateriality
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Etymology
Origin of immateriality
First recorded in 1560–70; immaterial + -ity
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It includes, or at least invites, us—drawing us into the scene as our gaze continues upward into celestial immateriality, all courtesy of the materiality of paint.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 9, 2026
The project captures contradictions in the NFT world between its claims for a transcendent new immateriality and the very earthbound bling involved in almost all its transactions.
From New York Times ● Mar. 3, 2022
Some say the density of tungsten contrasts with the immateriality of crypto Why exactly this happened isn’t all that important.
From The Verge ● Nov. 3, 2021
Grosse uses industrial spray paint on thin fabric, which is hung, not stretched, giving the painting a kind of liminal immateriality.
From The New Yorker ● Jul. 29, 2019
The old familiar look of incredulity crept into their eyes when they came to an understanding of the immateriality of the dose.
From Doctor Jones' Picnic by S. E. (Samuel E.) Chapman
Classicism in both England and France was not greatly imitative of either Sophocles or Racine, but mainly insistent on immaterialities.
From Tragedy by Ashley H. Thorndike
Contradictory facts are eliminated, until heart answers to heart across the welter of immaterialities.
From A Study of Poetry by Bliss Perry
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