1. Plural of immaterialist; philosophers or thinkers who believe that material substance does not exist or that reality is fundamentally non-physical or mental in nature.
Usage: philosophy; formal

Examples

• Immaterialists argue that consciousness and mind are primary, not derivative from physical matter.
• Berkeley and other immaterialists rejected the notion of matter existing independently of perception.
• Modern immaterialists continue to challenge the assumptions of scientific materialism.
• The debate between materialists and immaterialists has shaped Western philosophy for centuries.
• Some immaterialists propose that reality consists entirely of minds and their ideas.