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Meaning of IMMATERIALITY

Pronunciation:  `imu`teeree'alitee

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 Definition: 
  1. [n]  the quality of not being physical; not consisting of matter
  2. [n]  complete irrelevance requiring no further consideration
 
 Synonyms: incorporeality
 
 Antonyms: corporeality, materiality, materiality, physicalness
 
 See Also: abstractness, impalpability, insubstantiality, intangibility, intangibleness, irrelevance, irrelevancy, quality, unreality

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Im`ma*te`ri*al"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Immaterialities}.
[Cf. F. immat['e]rialit['e].]
The state or quality of being immaterial or incorporeal; as,
the immateriality of the soul.

 
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