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Immateriality

The state or quality of being immaterial or incorporeal; as, the immateriality of the soul.

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Abstractness 76% connected

The quality of being abstract.

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Impalpability 76% connected

The quality of being impalpable.

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Intangibility 76% connected

The quality or state of being intangible; intangibleness.

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Unreality 76% connected

The quality or state of being unreal; want of reality.

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Quality 76% connected

The condition of being of such and such a sort as distinguished from others; nature or character relatively considered, as of goods; character; sort;…

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Immaterial 74% connected

Not consisting of matter; incorporeal; spiritual; disembodied.

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Immaterial 74% connected

Not consisting of matter; incorporeal; spiritual; disembodied.

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Incorporeal 74% connected

Not corporeal; not having a material body or form; not consisting of matter; immaterial.

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Incorporeal 74% connected

Not corporeal; not having a material body or form; not consisting of matter; immaterial.

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Incorporeality 92% connected

The state or quality of being incorporeal or bodiless; immateriality; incorporealism.

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Corporeality 94% connected

The state of being corporeal; corporeal existence.

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Corporeality 94% connected

The state of being corporeal; corporeal existence.

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Materiality 94% connected

The quality or state of being material; material existence; corporeity.

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Materiality 94% connected

The quality or state of being material; material existence; corporeity.

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Ability noun · 86% connection

the quality of being able to perform; a quality that permits or facilitates achievement or accomplishment

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Accuracy noun · 86% connection

(mathematics) the number of significant figures given in a number; "the atomic clock enabled scientists to measure time with much grea…

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Adequacy noun · 86% connection

the quality of being sufficient for the end in view; "he questioned the sufficiency of human intelligence"

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Air noun · 86% connection

a distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing; "an air of mystery"; "the house had a neglected air"; "an atmosphe…

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Appearance noun · 86% connection

outward or visible aspect of a person or thing

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Aridity noun · 86% connection

the quality of yielding nothing of value

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Asset noun · 86% connection

a useful or valuable quality

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Atmosphere noun · 86% connection

a distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing; "an air of mystery"; "the house had a neglected air"; "an atmosphe…

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Attraction noun · 86% connection

the quality of arousing interest; being attractive or something that attracts; "her personality held a strange attraction for him"

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Aura noun · 86% connection

a distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing; "an air of mystery"; "the house had a neglected air"; "an atmosphe…

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Bad noun · 86% connection

that which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency; "take the bad with the good"

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Badness noun · 86% connection

that which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency; "take the bad with the good"

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Barrenness noun · 86% connection

the quality of yielding nothing of value

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Believability noun · 86% connection

the quality of being believable or trustworthy

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Brachycephalism noun · 86% connection

the quality of being brachycephalic

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Brachycephaly noun · 86% connection

the quality of being brachycephalic

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Credibility noun · 86% connection

the quality of being believable or trustworthy

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Credibleness noun · 86% connection

the quality of being believable or trustworthy

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Aery adjective · 78% connection

Aerial; ethereal; incorporeal; visionary.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: immaterial, incorporeal, soul.
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Animism noun · 78% connection

The belief that inanimate objects and the phenomena of nature are endowed with personal life or a living soul; also, in an extended se…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: immaterial, incorporeal, soul.
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Asomatous adjective · 78% connection

Without a material body; incorporeal.

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Bodiless adjective · 78% connection

Without material form; incorporeal.

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Cognitive factor noun · 78% connection

something immaterial (as a circumstance or influence) that contributes to producing a result

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: immaterial, incorporeal, soul.
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Corporeal adjective · 78% connection

Having a body; consisting of, or pertaining to, a material body or substance; material; -- opposed to spiritual or immaterial.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: immaterial, incorporeal, soul.
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Demon noun · 78% connection

A spirit, or immaterial being, holding a middle place between men and deities in pagan mythology.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: immaterial, incorporeal, soul.
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Disembodied adjective · 78% connection

Divested of a body; ceased to be corporal; incorporeal.

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Existence noun · 78% connection

The state of existing or being; actual possession of being; continuance in being; as, the existence of body and of soul in union; the…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: immaterial, incorporeal, soul.
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Faculty noun · 78% connection

Ability to act or perform, whether inborn or cultivated; capacity for any natural function; especially, an original mental power or ca…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: immaterial, incorporeal, soul.
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Figure noun · 78% connection

A mode of expressing abstract or immaterial ideas by words which suggest pictures or images from the physical world; pictorial languag…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: immaterial, incorporeal, soul.
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Fugitive adjective · 78% connection

Not fixed; not durable; liable to disappear or fall away; volatile; uncertain; evanescent; liable to fade; -- applied to material and…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: immaterial, incorporeal, soul.
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Ghost noun · 78% connection

The disembodied soul; the soul or spirit of a deceased person; a spirit appearing after death; an apparition; a specter.

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