verb
- present participle of dematerialise; to cause to become less material or physical; to reduce the importance or presence of physical objects or matter
- to disappear or fade away; to become invisible or cease to exist in physical form
Usage: chiefly British spelling (American: dematerializing); often used in contexts of technology, business, or philosophy
Usage: literary or speculative use
Examples
- Digital technology is dematerialising the need for physical storage devices.
- The company is dematerialising its supply chain by moving to cloud-based systems.
- As the sun set, the distant mountains seemed to be dematerialising into the haze.
- Dematerialising waste through recycling programs reduces landfill burden.
- The ghost appeared to be dematerialising as dawn broke.
- Financial services are dematerialising traditional banking through mobile apps.