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non-material

non-material is the alternative form of nonmaterial.

Meaning of nonmaterial

Adjective

nonmaterial (not comparable)

  1. Not 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

Origin of non-material

From non- + material.

Questions about non-material

What is non-material the alternative form of?
Non-material is the alternative form of nonmaterial.

Words near non-material in the dictionary

  1. non-manual markers
  2. non-marijuana
  3. non-market
  4. non-maskable interrupt
  5. non-maskable interrupts
  6. non-material
  7. non-mechanised
  8. non-medical
  9. non-medically
  10. non-member
  11. non-members

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