nonphysical

ADJECTIVE

immaterial

Synonyms

WEAK

aerial airy apparitional asomatous bodiless celestial disbodied discarnate disembodied dreamlike dreamy ethereal ghostly heavenly impalpable imponderable incorporate incorporeal insensible insubstantial intangible metaphysical nonmaterial psychic shadowy spectral spiritlike spiritual subjective supernatural unbodied uncorporal unearthly unembodied unfleshly unsubstantial unworldly wraithlike

Example Sentences

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Physical bodies are treated as vessels; the “real” you is in some nonphysical self that can jump blithely around.

From New York Times • Feb. 1, 2024

Thomas Hobbes’s view of the soul is materialistic, whereas Descartes’s view of the soul is nonphysical.

From Textbooks • Jun. 15, 2022

They’re exactly what they sound like: nonphysical versions of a common form of state identification.

From Washington Post • Oct. 11, 2021

Only 6% are 65 or older — a much smaller portion than the 24% over 65 who hold nonphysical jobs.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 27, 2020

These can also be applied to nonphysical objects, such as data structures.

From The Jargon File, Version 2.9.10, 01 Jul 1992 by Raymond, Eric S.