| 释义 |
desubstantialize, v.|diːsəbˈstænʃəlaɪz|
[f. de- II. 1 + substantialize v.]
trans. To make less substantial; to take away reality from.
1940Mind XLIX. 316 A being on the lower threshold of agency would..by its tenuity, de-substantialize its objective universe towards qualitative nonentity. 1954D. von Hildebrand New Tower of Babel 176 We simultaneously desubstantialize that which we want to build up in the soul. |
