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单词 non-substantial
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non-substantialadj.

Brit. /ˌnɒnsəbˈstanʃl/, /ˌnɒnsəbˈstɑːnʃl/, U.S. /ˌnɑnsəbˈstæn(t)ʃ(ə)l/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: non- prefix, substantial adj.
Etymology: < non- prefix + substantial adj. Compare earlier insubstantial adj., unsubstantial adj.
Not substantial; not consisting of matter, incorporeal.
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the world > existence and causation > existence > substantiality or concreteness > unsubstantiality or abstractness > [adjective]
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slight1585
flit1590
windy1593
filmy1594
tenuous1597
unsubstantial1597
yeasty1598
thingless1599
airy1600
spare1602
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insubstantial1607
baselessa1616
thina1616
insolid1618
insubstantiate1621
tenuious1634
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thin-spun1638
subventaneous1646
unsubstanceda1658
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naughty1696
substanceless1784
vapoury1818
aeriform1827
airified1837
blow-away1858
non-substantial1858
unbased1860
evasive1881
stuffless1896
fabricless1905
lighter-than-air1909
1858 A. Winchell Creation 22 If..matter is to be regarded as a dynamical phenomenon, the very phrase implies its non-substantial nature.
1875 A. Maclaren Serm. 2nd Ser. i. 13 They are non-substantial and non-permanent.
1917 Sci. Monthly June 529 If this reality reduces to a non-substantial energy as the only being.
1941 Philos. Rev. 50 25 Insofar as action is a basic and exclusive trait of substance, relations should be called non-substantial.
1985 R. Bergland Fabric of Mind xii. 121 The discovery of the non-substantial nature of atomic particles.
1999 R. J. Gennaro & C. Huenemann New Ess. Rationalists iv. 93 Another possibility would be to reduce physical objects to nonsubstantial parts of the one extended substance.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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