Ethereal and Material

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Ethereal

Ethereal adjective - Not composed of matter.
Usage example: that ethereal attribute that every performer should have—charisma
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Material is an antonym for ethereal.
Nearby Words: ethereally, ethereality

Material

Material adjective - Relating to or composed of matter.
Usage example: there's no material evidence, such as a dead body, that a murder has been committed
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Ethereal is an antonym for material in topics: bodily, important.
Nearby Words: materialize, materialise, materialization, materiality, materialistic
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  • A Border Ethereal Plane is an extra plane attached to Prime Material one, from which you can see and interact (via magic, not physically) with the contents of the Prime Material Plane.
    Source: Layered World
  • In 1st and 2nd Edition a character could enter the Ethereal Plane, move at tremendous speed to another location corresponding to a particular place on the Prime Material Plane, then leave the Ethereal Plane at that place.
    Source: Extra Dimensional Shortcut
  • The Ravenloft setting's Border Ethereal is more tangible than most, as a phenomenon called "ethereal resonance" allows ambient emotion in the Material plane to impose mood-appropriate motifs upon the Ether.
    Source: Layered World
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