IMMATERIALITY Synonyms: 27 Similar and Opposite Words

immateriality

noun

ˌi-mə-ˌtir-ē-ˈa-lə-tē

Definition of immateriality

as in negligibility

the quality or state of being unimportant the cost of such a lavish affair may be a matter of some immateriality to the wedding planner, but not to the person who has to foot the bill

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Recent Examples of immateriality Present-day police work reflects our current economic order by placing a high value on manipulating such immaterialities. — Sophie Landres, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026 The material’s very immateriality disguises the building’s mass, somehow making the immense, mountainous structure appear as light as a balloon, an extraordinary feat. — Mark Lamster, Dallas News, 1 June 2023 McCarthy has pocketed his own liturgical, ecstatic style as one would a coin, a ring, a key, in the service of a more demanding and heartless inquiry through mathematics and physics into the immateriality, the indeterminacy, of reality. — Joy Williams, Harper’s Magazine , 14 Dec. 2022 Grosse uses industrial spray paint on thin fabric, which is hung, not stretched, giving the painting a kind of liminal immateriality. — Louis Menand, The New Yorker, 29 July 2019 This is a small, quiet show that potently traverses realms of materiality and immateriality, connecting ideas about what’s seen and unseen, and what’s in-between. — Gayle Clemans, The Seattle Times, 7 Aug. 2018 For all their seeming immateriality, the internet and the cloud rely on a vast industrial infrastructure consisting of data centers linked through a sprawling network of fiber optics. — James Glanz, New York Times, 18 Sep. 2017

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smallness

Noun

Illinois lawmakers in Washington need to find ways to work together for the good of the Prairie State, moving to higher ground and setting smallness aside.

— John T. Shaw, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2026
With awe, the feeling of smallness is inspired by something that makes our own concerns and capacities seem trivial – something like God or the divine.

— Robert A. Ballingall, The Conversation, 13 Oct. 2026

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