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nonmaterial

[non-muh-teer-ee-uhl] / ˌnɒn məˈtɪər i əl /










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The author excludes them all, asserting that belief in any kind of nonmaterial, ethereal world lacks empirical support.

From Washington Post • Mar. 17, 2023

Plato suggested that beings in the physical world are imperfect reflections of perfect forms that are part of an invisible, nonmaterial world.

From Textbooks • Jun. 15, 2022

He utilizes concrete as a nonmaterial in my mind — it’s really about space and how you circulate within it, and the light and the freedom of expression that nevertheless serve a purpose.

From New York Times • Aug. 2, 2021

The “old mysterians” were dualists who believed in nonmaterial properties, such as the soul, that cannot be explained by natural processes.

From Scientific American • Jul. 1, 2018

At the end, I knew we had to leap to the other world, the nonmaterial world, the world that’s running right alongside us, so close sometimes you can almost touch it.

From Slate • Jun. 13, 2018