nonmaterial

nonmaterial
adjective
not consisting of matter
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immaterial apparitions

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ghosts and other immaterial entities

• Syn: ↑immaterial
• Ant: ↑material (for: ↑immaterial)
• Similar to: ↑intangible, ↑nonphysical
• See Also: ↑insubstantial, ↑unsubstantial, ↑unreal
• Derivationally related forms: ↑immateriality (for: ↑immaterial)
• Attrubites: ↑materiality, ↑physicalness, ↑corporeality, ↑corporality

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\\| ̷ ̷+\ adjective
: not material: as
a. : being spirit or soul : immaterial, spiritual

finds no evidence in man of a nonmaterial faculty which … can be filled up with knowledge like a tank — Albert Lynd

there are few nonmaterial compensations for these material hardships — Report: (Canadian) Royal Commission on National Development

c. : of or relating to those aspects of a culture that constitute its ideological superstructure : not directly serving the sustenance and maintenance of life

the nonmaterial elements of a culture

the beliefs and theories of the hated infidel, his nonmaterial culture — H.E.Barnes & H.P.Becker

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/non'meuh tear"ee euhl/, adj.
1. not material or composed of matter.
2. not involving, seeking, or primarily concerned with riches or material things; involving or concerned with the spiritual, intellectual, or cultural aspects of life.
3. of or pertaining to the spirit or soul; spiritual: to minister to a person's nonmaterial needs.
[1935-40; NON- + MATERIAL]

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