dematerialise

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A form of dematerialize — To disappear by becoming immaterial.

Similar
dematerialize
Opposite
materialise
OriginEnglish materialise ← Latin dē- ← Proto-Italic *dē →
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Meanings

verbdematerialise (third-person singular simple present dematerialises, present participle dematerialising, simple past and past participle dematerialised)

present singular third person dematerialises · participle present dematerialising · participle past dematerialised · past dematerialised

  1. UKnonstandardNon-Oxford British English standard spelling of dematerialize.

Synonyms & antonyms

verbbecome immaterial; disappear

Similar
dematerialize
Opposite
materialise
Broader
vanishdisappeargo away
Also see
dematerialize

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*de
  2. Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
  3. Proto-Italic*dē
  4. Latindē
  5. Latindē-
  6. Englishde-
  7. Englishmaterialise
  8. Englishdematerialise

From de- + materialise.

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APA

dematerialise. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dematerialise

MLA

“dematerialise.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dematerialise. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dematerialise,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dematerialise.

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