immateriality

American  

[im-uh-teer-ee-al-i-tee] / ˌɪm əˌtɪər iˈæl ɪ ti /

noun

plural

immaterialities

1. state or character of being immaterial.

2. something immaterial.

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Etymology

Origin of immateriality

First recorded in 1560–70; immaterial + -ity

Example Sentences

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

I have heard, times innumerable," says Professor Gregory, "religious persons declare, on seeing these phenomena, that nothing could more clearly demonstrate the immateriality, and consequently the immortality of the soul.

From Modern Atheism under its forms of Pantheism, Materialism, Secularism, Development, and Natural Laws by Buchanan, James