dematerialization
- noun
- /ˌdiːˌmætəˌriːəlaɪˈzeɪʃən/
- Literature
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desmaterialización
- Instead, Tarabukin champions Spengler's portrait of contemporary culture in terms of dematerialization.
Examples
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As the magician waved his wand, the rabbit's dematerialization amazed the audience, who could hardly believe their eyes.
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Might the power of suggestion have been sufficient cause for his dematerialization?
Fiction book (2002) -
There was a brief disorientation as dematerialization began.
Fiction book (2001) -
The sudden disappearance of blood relatives, their unbelievable dematerialization.
Fiction book (1997) -
By dematerialization, Mitchell means the outright substitution of online activity for place-bound transactions.
Academic text (2000) -
Most particularly, he suppresses the negative cast that Spengler gives to the process of dematerialization, to which private finance and, to a lesser extent, the machine have subjected Faustian culture.
Academic text (2000) -
In the science fiction story, the hero's dematerialization left his enemies baffled as he vanished into thin air.
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During the experiment, they observed the dematerialization of the object, which seemed to dissolve and disappear completely.
Synonyms
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3.7
A person or thing not seen where it was before
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6.0
A sudden disappearance of a person or thing without explanation
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9.0
A complete disappearance of someone or something so it cannot be seen
A state of having no physical body, as if a mind existed without a body
How Material
Surface Forms
Morphology
dematerialization = dematerialize (semi-transparent) = de + material + ize + ation
The noun is formed regularly from the verb dematerialize by adding -ation, so this derivation is straightforward.
Etymology
Dematerialization comes from de- 'remove' and material 'physical stuff'. So it is like taking away the physical form of something, for example a magician making a rabbit disappear by 'removing' its material.