nonmaterial

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adjective

Not material; apart from matter

Similar
immaterialintangiblenonphysical
OriginEnglish material ← Middle English non- ← Old English nān- →
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Meanings

adjectivenonmaterial (not comparable)

alternative non-material

  1. not comparableNot material; apart from matter

    All wish to achieve nothing less than "the union of the material and the nonmaterial worlds," as Don Seiden describes it.

    1988 May 6, Tom Valeo, “Conference Calls: what goes on in an artist's brain?”, in Chicago Reader

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivenot consisting of matter

Similar
immaterialintangiblenonphysical
Also see
immaterialintangiblenonphysical

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Germanic*ne
  3. Proto-Indo-European*ís?
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₁óynos
  5. Proto-Germanic*ainaz
  6. Proto-Germanic*nainaz
  7. Proto-West Germanic*nain
  8. Old Englishnān
  9. Middle Englishnon
  10. Old Englishnān
  11. Old Englishnān-
  12. Middle Englishnon-
  13. Englishnon-
  14. Englishmaterial
  15. Englishnonmaterial

From non- + material.

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Cite this entry
APA

nonmaterial. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonmaterial

MLA

“nonmaterial.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonmaterial. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nonmaterial,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonmaterial.

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