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unsubstantialize

/ˌʌn.səbˈstæn.ʃəl.aɪz/

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verb

/ˌʌn.səbˈstæn.ʃəl.aɪz/formalobsolete
  • ruУстаревший глагол, означающий сделать что-то несущественным или лишить субстанции или реальности.

An obsolete verb meaning to make something unsubstantial or to deprive of substance or reality.

  1. Render immaterial or incorporealC2formal

    To make something less substantial, tangible, or physical; to reduce to a more abstract or spiritual state.

    ruЛишить материальности

    • The philosopher's argument sought to unsubstantialize the concept of matter.
    • In the dream, the solid walls began to unsubstantialize into mist.
    • The artist's work attempts to unsubstantialize the human form, making it ethereal.

    Synonymsdematerializedisembodyetherealizeimmaterialize

    Antonymsconcretizeembodyincarnatematerializereify

Forms
  • unsubstantialised past participle
  • unsubstantialized past participle
  • unsubstantialised past simple
  • unsubstantialized past simple
  • unsubstantialising present participle
  • unsubstantializing present participle
  • unsubstantialises third person singular
  • unsubstantializes third person singular