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NONMATERIAL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does nonmaterial mean?
• NONMATERIAL (adjective)
The adjective NONMATERIAL has 1 sense:
1. not consisting of matter
Familiarity information: NONMATERIAL used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Not consisting of matter
Synonyms:
immaterial; nonmaterial
Context example:
ghosts and other immaterial entities
Similar:
intangible; nonphysical (lacking substance or reality; incapable of being touched or seen)
Also:
insubstantial; unreal; unsubstantial (lacking material form or substance; unreal)
Attribute:
corporality; corporeality; materiality; physicalness (the quality of being physical; consisting of matter)
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