Nonmaterial (Adjective)
Meaning
Not consisting of matter; "immaterial apparitions"; "ghosts and other immaterial entities".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The artist's nonmaterial concepts were represented through her incorporation of empty space and voids in the sculpture.
- She believed that the nonmaterial essence of the person lived on after physical death.
- The mystic tried to connect with nonmaterial beings that she believed inhabited a parallel realm.
- The philosopher argued that thought and consciousness are nonmaterial and cannot be reduced to physical processes.
- The spiritualists claimed to communicate with nonmaterial entities that lingered in the haunted mansion.