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Immaterialism

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im⋅ma⋅te⋅ri⋅al⋅ism

  [im-uh-teer-ee-uh-liz-uhm]
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–noun
1. the doctrine that there is no material world, but that all things exist only in and for minds.
2. the doctrine that only immaterial substances or spiritual beings exist.
Origin:
1705–15; immaterial + -ism, modeled on materialism

Related forms:
im⋅ma⋅te⋅ri⋅al⋅ist, noun
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im·ma·te·ri·al·ism   (ĭm'ə-tîr'ē-ə-lĭz'əm)   
n.  A metaphysical doctrine denying the existence of matter.
im'ma·te'ri·al·ist adj. & n.
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