Adjective : an insubstantial world of dreams. ,an insubstantial sum. From Dictionary.com.
Another popular recent way of delineating the Aristotelian intuition of the semantic "insubstantiality" of logical expressions appeals to the concept of "pure inferentiality". From Wordnik.com. [Logical Truth] Reference
"insubstantiality", and may be somewhat unsatisfactory for that reason. From Wordnik.com. [Logical Truth] Reference
Perhaps collectively we can imagine him right into insubstantiality. From Wordnik.com. [Wisdom or Hooey: a Poll.] Reference
His coat was dull and there was a sort of insubstantiality about him. From Wordnik.com. [This Scepter'd Isle]
They bring, as we have noted already, a curious insubstantiality into the. From Wordnik.com. [The Death of the Moth, and other essays] Reference
All too soon, he will collapse under the strain of his own insubstantiality. From Wordnik.com. [Firedoglake » Frothy Junior] Reference
The man-thing which had seemed so solid spun into insubstantiality, clothes and all. From Wordnik.com. [Duma Key]
Bodies pressed against him with a certain insubstantiality, voices hollow as echoes. From Wordnik.com. [December 6]
When a vessel goes up, its crew experiences a growing insubstantiality in surroundings. From Wordnik.com. [Passage at Arms]
In this dimension of insubstantiality and indirection, there are no landmarks, no signposts. From Wordnik.com. [The Dig]
"Whew!" said Telemain when the last of the insubstantiality had been removed and canceled out. From Wordnik.com. [Calling On Dragons]
His outlines were quite rounded, but the whole effect was of weightlessness, of insubstantiality. From Wordnik.com. [Maigret Hesitates]
Its apparent insubstantiality encourages the reader to think that maybe anyone could emulate her. From Wordnik.com. [Readers recommend their favourite books of 2010] Reference
Sharpe knew he would fetch no answers, only more mysteries to rival the insubstantiality of the estadea. From Wordnik.com. [Sharpe's Rifles]
After the festival the Mandala will be destroyed, thus expressing the insubstantiality of visible forms. From Wordnik.com. [truth in religions] Reference
Each day is largely dark, and cold, hinting at the uselessness of endeavor and the insubstantiality o. From Wordnik.com. [Sharon Salzberg: The Nothing That Heals Us] Reference
   "Whew!" said Telemain when the last of the insubstantiality had been removed and canceled out. From Wordnik.com. [calling on dragons]
And if dreams are so ethereal, what of Gerhard Schrach's statement on the insubstantiality of so-called solids?. From Wordnik.com. [Hero Of Dreams]
In Buddhism we would say that when we perceive the transparency, the insubstantiality of life, we grow in wisdom. From Wordnik.com. [Sharon Salzberg: The Nothing That Heals Us] Reference
This generative force was the Neo-Confucian response to Buddhist claims regarding the essential insubstantiality of the world. From Wordnik.com. [Japanese Confucian Philosophy] Reference
Is it her posthumous existence as a textual appendage that gives us the impression of Dorothy's insubstantiality and lack of self?. From Wordnik.com. [Friend, Soulmate and Sister] Reference
The sun dappling the leaves gave everything a curious look of insubstantiality as if it were broken into separate points of light. From Wordnik.com. [The Years] Reference
They did fade into insubstantiality where they crossed the resonating chamber, but they did not vanish entirely into another dimension. From Wordnik.com. [The Time of the Transference]
Each day is largely dark, and cold, hinting at the uselessness of endeavor and the insubstantiality of what we ordinarily run around seeking. From Wordnik.com. [Sharon Salzberg: The Nothing That Heals Us] Reference
But being a clown is not just about creating fun; it also means going deeper into the darker parts of life and revealing their insubstantiality. From Wordnik.com. [Ed and Deb Shapiro: Cirque du Soleil and the Meditating Clown] Reference
And I don't anticipate that this will evaporate, but I anticipate that it will slowly dissipate over time by the weight of its own insubstantiality. From Wordnik.com. [First Lady Remarks On The Millennium Project] Reference
I'd been fiddling with the Logrus projections against the insubstantiality of the mask until I found the link, the opening leading back to its source. From Wordnik.com. [Blood of Amber]
Additionally, voters should feel a little queasy when they read/hear/see that Hillary is enjoying a debate environment that thrived on its insubstantiality. From Wordnik.com. [Rasmussen: Pennsylvania Primary Tightening] Reference
The perennially wide-eyed talk show host whose supposed refrain of "ooooh" to his guests was widely parodied back in the day as proof of his insubstantiality?. From Wordnik.com. [David Bender: Joie de Merv] Reference
But there are other reasons for the strange insubstantiality of the discussion and evident absence of concern, and this applies not just to our abiding dispute with Iraq. From Wordnik.com. [The Armchair Air War] Reference
Fortunately, Killer's insubstantiality had only just begun to be incorporated into the main mass, but even so it took the combined efforts of Morwen and Telemain to nullify it. From Wordnik.com. [Calling On Dragons]
I generally prefer to translate it as insubstantiality. From Wordnik.com. [Open Buddha] Reference
It is the insubstantiality of our framework and concepts that we need to realize. From Wordnik.com. [Open Buddha] Reference
But the insubstantiality of a hypochondriac affection is one of its greatest torments. From Wordnik.com. [The Journal of Sir Walter Scott From the Original Manuscript at Abbotsford] Reference
Does he argue from the insubstantiality of time to the insubstantiality of things, or vice versa?. From Wordnik.com. [Joseph S. O'Leary homepage] Reference
With every primary and every repetition of the high-flown, self-referential rhetoric, the campaign's insubstantiality became clear. From Wordnik.com. [National Review Online] Reference
Birth for beauty had also been popular till experience demonstrated the insubstantiality of good looks as a panoply throughout life. From Wordnik.com. [Without Prejudice] Reference
This insubstantiality applies to all things and concepts, including the beings around us as well as our own self-conception as beings. From Wordnik.com. [Open Buddha] Reference
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