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Meaning of "insubstantiality" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF INSUBSTANTIALITY

insubstantiality  [ˌɪnsəbˌstænʃɪˈælɪtɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF INSUBSTANTIALITY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Insubstantiality is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES INSUBSTANTIALITY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of insubstantiality in the English dictionary

The definition of insubstantiality in the dictionary is lack of solidity; flimsiness.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH INSUBSTANTIALITY


bestiality
ˌbɛstɪˈælɪtɪ
collegiality
kəˌliːdʒɪˈælɪtɪ
confidentiality
ˌkɒnfɪdenʃɪˈælɪtɪ
congeniality
kənˌdʒiːnɪˈælɪtɪ
conviviality
kənvɪvɪˈælɪtɪ
essentiality
ɪˌsenʃɪˈælɪtɪ
ideality
ˌaɪdɪˈælɪtɪ
immateriality
ˌɪməˌtɪərɪˈælɪtɪ
impartiality
ˌɪmpɑːʃɪˈælɪtɪ
joviality
ˌdʒəʊvɪˈælɪtɪ
materiality
məˌtɪərɪˈælɪtɪ
partiality
ˌpɑːʃɪˈælɪtɪ
potentiality
pəˌtɛnʃɪˈælɪtɪ
reality
rɪˈælɪtɪ
spatiality
ˌspeɪʃɪˈælɪtɪ
speciality
ˌspɛʃɪˈælɪtɪ
substantiality
səbˌstænʃɪˈælɪtɪ
territoriality
ˌtɛrɪˌtɔːrɪˈælɪtɪ
triviality
ˌtrɪvɪˈælɪtɪ
unreality
ˌʌnrɪˈælɪtɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE INSUBSTANTIALITY

insubjection
insubordinate
insubordinately
insubordination
insubstantial
insubstantially
insucken
insufferable
insufferableness
insufferably
insufficience
insufficiency
insufficient
insufficiently
insufflate
insufflation
insufflator
insula
insulae
insulant

WORDS THAT END LIKE INSUBSTANTIALITY

ability
air quality
augmented reality
equality
functionality
homosexuality
hospitality
in reality
inequality
locality
low-quality
morality
mortality
municipality
nationality
originality
personality
quality
sexuality
spirituality
vitality

Synonyms and antonyms of insubstantiality in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «insubstantiality» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF INSUBSTANTIALITY

Find out the translation of insubstantiality to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of insubstantiality from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «insubstantiality» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

insubstantiality
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

insustancialidad
570 millions of speakers

English

insubstantiality
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

insubstantiality
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

insubstantiality
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

невещественностью
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

insubstancialidade
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

insubstantiality
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

insubstantialité
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Insubstantiality
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Substanzlosigkeit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

非実質性
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

insubstantiality
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Insubstantiality
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

giả tạm
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

insubstantiality
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अस्ताव्यस्तता
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

insubstantiality
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

inconsistenza
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

insubstantiality
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

нематеріальне
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Inconsistența
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

σαθρού
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

onsubstansialiteit
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

insubstantiality
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

insubstantiality
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of insubstantiality

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «INSUBSTANTIALITY»

The term «insubstantiality» is used very little and occupies the 158.719 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «INSUBSTANTIALITY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «insubstantiality» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «insubstantiality» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about insubstantiality

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «INSUBSTANTIALITY»

Discover the use of insubstantiality in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to insubstantiality and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Inner Science of Buddhist Practice: Vasubandhu's Summary ...
774 THE INSUBSTANTIALITY OF ENTITIES The insubstantiality of entities is not found among the five heaps because this term refers to an unconditioned entity, and the heaps are made up exclusively of conditioned entities. All unconditioned  ...
‎2009
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9784904925133_atarasie_content.pdf
Static condition can be said as absoluteness. Moving condition can be said as relativity. Absoluteness can be said as substantiality. Relativity can be said as insubstantiality. To sense the insubstantiality is the function of five senses and the  ...
Satoshi Nitta
3
Get a God!: More Conversations with Coyote
The ego gains perspective on its own story and acquires a certain realistic humility. This has the effect of either terror at the insubstantiality of our ego or ecstasy at letting go the up-tightness of defending the ego against nothingness. This latter ...
Webster Kitchell, 2002
4
The Dispeller of Disputes: Nagarjuna's Vigrahavyavartani
Because you negate the insubstantiality of things. If negation is of an existent thing and not of a nonexistent one, and if you negate the insubstantiality of allthings, is itnot that the insubstantiality of allthings is established? Your speech, which is ...
Jan Westerhoff, 2010
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Legitimation of Belief
without evident difficulty. As many legends illustrate, insubstantiality, or the power to assume diverse substantial forms at will, can be used for the most improper ends. The ghosts of the philosophers, the bundles of sensations or consciousness ...
Ernest Gellner, 1979
6
Resemblance & Disgrace: Alexander Pope and the Deformation ...
70 For Hazlitt the Rape goes beyond miniaturization to become a miracle of insubstantiality; the poem "is the most exquisite specimen of filagree work ever invented. It is admirable in proportion as it is made of nothing ... It is made of gauze and ...
Helen Deutsch, 1996
7
Artificial Transcendentalism
The mindisnobly sad about the insubstantiality of existence, so it becomes seriousabout the temporary recognition of insignificance in dailylife.Daily life entails numberless holes, in which the most significant secret resides because every ...
Yunsu Ha, 2011
8
Living Alterities: Phenomenology, Embodiment, and Race
In her paradoxical reinscription of the text of sati/suicide, her substantial menstrual blood is (her) truth-knowledge of the insubstantiality of the self and is her piety of place. There is no wood that destroys a/the body and, hence, conveys the ...
Emily S. Lee, 2014
9
Between Stillness and Motion: Film, Photography, Algorithms
By far the most opaque moment in Metz's essay occurs when he invokes the source that makes possible such seamless and direct becoming: namely, the “ insubstantiality” of movement. (By “insubstantiality”, Metz would seem to mean ...
Eivind Røssaak, 2011
10
The Philosophy of Philosophy
We can call the sentence “temporal-analytic” if we like, but that in no way implies that it is somehow insubstantial, because there is no background connection between eternity and some sort of insubstantiality. Similarly, calling a sentence ...
Timothy Williamson, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «INSUBSTANTIALITY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term insubstantiality is used in the context of the following news items.
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'Irrational Man': The film would be a real slog without Emma Stone …
Actor Joaquin Phoenix's performance in the new Woody Allen film is a fuzzy, amorphous piece of work and the film has a breezy insubstantiality ... «Christian Science Monitor, Jul 15»
2
How to Experience Glimpses of Southern Europe, Asia, and Miami …
They are easy to find, usually cover a very small area, and have about them the insubstantiality of a hologram. The Experience: A southern ... «TheStranger.com, Jul 15»
3
Nietzsche on Buddhist Philosophy
In the Buddhist perspective life is characterized by three important traits: conditionality (cause and effect), impermanence, and insubstantiality. «Lankaweb, Jun 15»
4
Milan Kundera's first novel in 14 years a witty play on insignificance
He and D'Ardelo may end up trapped in a mutually spun web of fictions and lies, but Ramon accepts this insubstantiality as inherent to the ... «South China Morning Post, Jun 15»
5
Hijacking the Anthropocene
Bill Blackwater has exposed the “self-contradictions, simplistic fantasy, and the sheer insubstantiality” of BTI's thought, and John Bellamy Foster ... «International Viewpoint, Jun 15»
6
The Festival of Insignificance by Milan Kundera; trans. Linda Asher …
He and D'Ardelo may end trapped in a mutually spun web of fictions and lies, but Ramon accepts this insubstantiality as inherent to the human ... «The Independent, May 15»
7
'A Hand Reached Down to Guide Me': David Gates' signature riffs
But at their best, these efforts capture a floating insubstantiality we can't help but recognize because it also belongs to us. "You always like to ... «Los Angeles Times, May 15»
8
How comedians can help us take politics more seriously
... nothing left to hide. Politicians long to appear substantial – which is often comical to behold. Comedians celebrate their own insubstantiality. «The Guardian, May 15»
9
'The Visit': Theater Review
But there's no getting around the insubstantiality and rather arch misanthropy of the material, adapted by Terrence McNally from Swiss ... «Hollywood Reporter, Apr 15»
10
Review: 'Fun Home' at the Circle in the Square Theater
... Change”), which captures both the nagging persistence of memory and its frustrating insubstantiality, with leitmotifs that tease and shimmer. «New York Times, Apr 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Insubstantiality [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/insubstantiality>. Apr 2024 ».
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