| Commaterial | a. Consisting of the same material. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Immaterial | a. [ Pref. im- not + material: cf. F. immatériel. ] 1. Not consisting of matter; incorporeal; spiritual; disembodied. [ 1913 Webster ] Angels are spirits immaterial and intellectual. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. Of no substantial consequence; without weight or significance; unimportant; as, it is wholly immaterial whether he does so or not. Syn. -- Unimportant; inconsequential; insignificant; inconsiderable; trifling. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Immaterialism | n. [ Cf. F. immatérialisme. ] 1. The doctrine that immaterial substances or spiritual being exist, or are possible. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. (Philos.) The doctrine that external bodies may be reduced to mind and ideas in a mind; any doctrine opposed to materialism or phenomenalism, esp. a system that maintains the immateriality of the soul; idealism; esp., Bishop Berkeley's theory of idealism. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Immaterialist | n. [ Cf. F. immatérialiste. ] (Philos.) One who believes in or professes, immaterialism. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Immateriality | n.; pl. Immaterialities [ Cf. F. immatérialité. ] The state or quality of being immaterial or incorporeal; as, the immateriality of the soul. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Immaterialize | v. t. [ Cf. F. immatérialiser. ] To render immaterial or incorporeal. [ 1913 Webster ] Immateralized spirits. Glanvill. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Immaterially | adv. 1. In an immaterial manner; without matter or corporeal substance. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. In an unimportant manner or degree. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Immaterialness | n. The state or quality of being immaterial; immateriality. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| immaterial | (adj) of no importance or relevance especially to a law case, Ant. material, Example: an objection that is immaterial after the fact |
| immaterial | (adj) not consisting of matter, Syn. nonmaterial, Ant. material, Example: immaterial apparitions; ghosts and other immaterial entities |
| immaterial | (adj) (often followed by `to') lacking importance; not mattering one way or the other, Syn. indifferent, Example: whether you choose to do it or not is a matter that is quite immaterial (or indifferent); what others think is altogether indifferent to him |
| immateriality | (n) complete irrelevance requiring no further consideration, Ant. materiality |
| immateriality | (n) the quality of not being physical; not consisting of matter, Syn. incorporeality, Ant. corporeality, materiality |
| immaterialize | (v) render immaterial or incorporeal, Syn. unsubstantialise, immaterialise, unsubstantialize |
