单词 | desubstantialize |
释义 | desubstantializev. transitive. To make less substantial; to take away reality from. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > substantiality or concreteness > unsubstantiality or abstractness > be or make insubstantial [verb (transitive)] > deprive of substance volatilize1664 unsubstantiate1799 unsubstantialize1814 dissubstantiate1871 desubstantiate1884 desubstantialize1940 1940 Mind 49 316 A being on the lower threshold of agency would..by its tenuity, de-substantialize its objective universe towards qualitative nonentity. 1954 D. von Hildebrand New Tower of Babel 176 We simultaneously desubstantialize that which we want to build up in the soul. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < v.1940 |
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