Antonyms for substantiality

Grammar : Noun

Spell : suhb-stan-shuhl

Phonetic Transcription : səbˈstæn ʃəl

Definition of substantiality

Origin : mid-14c., "ample, sizeable," from Old French substantiel (13c.), from Latin substantialis "having substance or reality, material," from substantia (see substance). Meaning "existing, having real existence" is from late 14c.

As in life : noun being
As in matter : noun substance
As in opulence : noun wealth
As in reality : noun facts of existence
As in size : noun extent or bulk of some dimension
As in stability : noun resistance of some degree
As in wealth : noun money, resources
As in actuality : noun something that truly exists, is real
As in sizableness : noun size
As in stableness : noun stability
As in steadiness : noun stability
As in sturdiness : noun stability
As in sureness : noun stability
As in density : noun bulk, mass
As in fact : noun verifiable truth; reality
As in firmness : noun immovability

Example sentences :

Like the other Jewish philosophers he defends its substantiality.
Extract from : « A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy » by Isaac Husik

The place breathes of substantiality, democracy, and good nature.
Extract from : « Abroad at Home » by Julian Street

It would be more exact to call it the conception of substantiality.
Extract from : « The Worlds Greatest Books, Volume XIII. » by Various

In the same way the intelligible substances, Intelligence and Soul, have their substantiality in common, and they differ in form.
Extract from : « A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy » by Isaac Husik

All these difficulties, however, tell against the substantiality of ghosts; and in favor of this second theory of haunted houses.
Extract from : « True Ghost Stories » by Hereward Carrington

By denying the substantiality of the ego it also confirmed the necessitarianism of Spinoza.
Extract from : « History of Modern Philosophy » by Alfred William Benn

But this destroys the substantiality of the Idea, and indeed, destroys Plato's whole system.
Extract from : « A Critical History of Greek Philosophy » by W. T. Stace

Alice felt herself light, clear and vacuous, absorbed in the substantiality of this picture.
Extract from : « The Narrow House » by Evelyn Scott

It was, for instance, the Greek genius in its old age which gave the substantiality of thought to the doctrine of the Trinity.
Extract from : « Studies of the Greek Poets (Vol I of 2) » by John Addington Symonds

Their sense of truth and substantiality is not satisfied with a formulation of mechanical sequence.
Extract from : « The Place of Science in Modern Civilisation and Other Essays » by Thorstein Veblen

Synonyms for substantiality

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