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Incorporeality

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

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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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Immateriality 92% connected

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

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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: incorporeal, bodiless, immateriality, incorporealism.
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Asomatous adjective · 78% connection

Without a material body; incorporeal.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: incorporeal, bodiless, immateriality, incorporealism.
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Bodiless adjective · 78% connection

Without material form; incorporeal.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: incorporeal, bodiless, immateriality, incorporealism.
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Disembodied adjective · 78% connection

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

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: incorporeal, bodiless, immateriality, incorporealism.
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Hereditament noun · 78% connection

Any species of property that may be inherited; lands, tenements, anything corporeal or incorporeal, real, personal, or mixed, that may…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: incorporeal, bodiless, immateriality, incorporealism.
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Immaterialism noun · 78% connection

The doctrine that external bodies may be reduced to mind and ideas in a mind; any doctrine opposed to materialism or phenomenalism, es…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: incorporeal, bodiless, immateriality, incorporealism.
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Immaterialities pl. · 78% connection

of Immateriality

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: incorporeal, bodiless, immateriality, incorporealism.
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Immaterialize verb · 78% connection

To render immaterial or incorporeal.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: incorporeal, bodiless, immateriality, incorporealism.
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Immaterialness noun · 78% connection

The state or quality of being immaterial; immateriality.

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Impalpable adjective · 78% connection

Not material; intangible; incorporeal.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: incorporeal, bodiless, immateriality, incorporealism.
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Incorporal adjective · 78% connection

Immaterial; incorporeal; spiritual.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: incorporeal, bodiless, immateriality, incorporealism.
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