intangibility.

1. The absence of a tangible physical form that can be directly touched.

2. The difficulty of clearly grasping, defining or expressing something.

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Words that belong together

• intangibility of assets
• physical intangibility

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The assets’ intangibility did not make them financially insignificant.

The narrator struggled with the intangibility of a promise that shaped every practical decision.

Usage notes

Primary category: literary / elevated general. Forms: Usually uncountable. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: description, interpretation, contrast, characterization. Disciplines: prose writing, literary analysis, advanced general English. Commonness: moderately common.