nonmaterial

Examples

• All

• In drawing this conclusion, I do not intend to downplay the material and other nonmaterial benefits derived from placing homeless individuals with psychiatric disorders in permanent and independent housing.

  Academic text (2002)

• Indeed, aboriginal people have successfully incorporated a variety of new material and nonmaterial entities into their ways of life.

  Academic text (2001)

• Such objectivity includes the nonmaterial aspects of human creativity, including society itself.

  Academic text (2002)

• Essentially, it is an experience of interaction with what is felt to be an intelligent, nonmaterial entity that is separate from the ego or self.

  Academic text (1990)

• Spirituality is the conviction that nonmaterial forces influence people's everyday lives.

  Academic text (2003)

• Founded in 1954 by science fiction writer L. Ron Hubbard, the Church of Scientology advances the belief that humans are naturally good, nonmaterial spiritual beings.

  Academic text (2004)

• For this reason, trinitarian faith requires a nonmaterial trinitarian "sight," and since humanity is made in God's image, it is biblically rational to look for such an image in the human person.

  Academic text (2007)

• As Ekeh discusses, the duties, obligations, and nonmaterial rewards for citizen participation in the primordial public are forms of civic republican citizenship.

  Academic text (1998)

• As we know from many studies, Native peoples categorize their material and nonmaterial culture differently from the standard anthropological and historical museum categories, which utilize a middle-class European American framework.

  Academic text (2010)

• Many people find joy in nonmaterial pursuits, such as art and friendship.

Synonyms

I

intangible

vsnonmaterial

22 7.2

Something that cannot be touched and is often a feeling or quality

means simply that something lacks physical existence rather than being vague

I

insubstantial

vsnonmaterial

9 6.8

Not solid or strong and not filling

denotes outright absence of material existence rather than mere weakness

I

immaterial

vsnonmaterial

4 7.4

Not physical and cannot be touched

expresses the same absence but as a neutral general description

I

incorporeal

vsnonmaterial

2 9.9

Not having a physical body or shape that you can touch

states the same lack but as a general property of matter absence

N

nonphysical

vsnonmaterial

1 7.0

Not having a body you can touch or see

focuses more broadly on lacking any material or physical existence

U

unsubstantial

vsnonmaterial

1 7.3

Not solid or real and having little value

refers to actual lack of physical existence rather than just appearing unreal

N

noncorporeal

vsnonmaterial

1 9.8

Without a physical body or shape

is the general idea of having no material or physical existence

U

unbodied

vsnonmaterial

• Archaic

9.9

Not having a physical form like a ghost or spirit

is the broader term meaning complete absence of physical existence

M

matterless

vsnonmaterial

9.9

A thing that has no physical form and cannot be touched

captures that same idea as the overall lack of material existence

U

unembodied

vsnonmaterial

9.9

Not having a physical body, like a ghost

is the general notion of having no material or physical existence

U

unphysical

vsnonmaterial

9.1

About the mind or spirit rather than the body

is strictly about lacking physical matter rather than being only nonphysical in role

Antonyms

M

material

2 3.5

Relating to physical things or possessions, not spiritual

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology