单词 | non-substantial |
释义 | non-substantialadj. Not substantial; not consisting of matter, incorporeal. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > substantiality or concreteness > unsubstantiality or abstractness > [adjective] flittingc1374 aerya1398 bottomlessa1413 hollowa1529 flittering1549 wanzing1571 aerial1581 slight1585 flit1590 windy1593 filmy1594 tenuous1597 unsubstantial1597 yeasty1598 thingless1599 airy1600 spare1602 spongy1603 insubstantial1607 baselessa1616 thina1616 insolid1618 insubstantiate1621 tenuious1634 bubble1635 thin-spun1638 subventaneous1646 unsubstanceda1658 whipped1673 aericala1678 huffy1678 blatherya1693 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). < adj.1858 |
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