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INSUBSTANTIALITY

Dictionary entry overview: What does insubstantiality mean?

• INSUBSTANTIALITY (noun)
The noun INSUBSTANTIALITY has 2 senses:

1. lack of solid substance and strength
2. lacking substance or reality

Familiarity information: INSUBSTANTIALITY used as a noun is rare.

Dictionary entry details

• INSUBSTANTIALITY (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Lack of solid substance and strength

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("insubstantiality" is a kind of...):

weakness (the property of lacking physical or mental strength; liability to failure under pressure or stress or strain)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

Lacking substance or reality

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("insubstantiality" is a kind of...):

immateriality; incorporeality (the quality of not being physical; not consisting of matter)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "insubstantiality"):

smoke (something with no concrete substance)

Antonym:

substantiality (the quality of being substantial or having substance)

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