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Impalpability

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im·pal·pa·ble  (m-plp-bl)
adj.
1. Not perceptible to the touch; intangible.
2. Difficult to perceive or grasp by the mind.
im·palpa·bili·ty n.
im·palpa·bly adv.
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Noun1.impalpability - the quality of being intangible and not perceptible by touch
intangibility, intangibleness
incorporeality, immateriality - the quality of not being physical; not consisting of matter
palpability, tangibility, tangibleness - the quality of being perceivable by touch
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Troubles and other realities took on themselves a meta-physical impalpability, sinking to mere mental phenomena for serene contemplation, and no longer stood as pressing concretions which chafed body and soul.
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