Immateriaaliin

Immateriaaliin is the illative form of the Finnish word immateriaali, meaning the immaterial or non-physical. It denotes movement toward or into the immaterial realm or concept, and is used primarily in philosophical, religious, or literary contexts. In Finnish grammar, the illative case marks direction or destination, so immateriaaliin is employed with verbs of motion or transition to indicate entering or heading into the immaterial.

The form tends to appear in analytic discussions of consciousness, metaphysics, or speculative fiction rather than in everyday speech. It can be used both literally and metaphorically, for example to describe a shift of focus toward non-material phenomena or to portray a character entering a non-physical plane in a narrative.

Usage notes: immateriaaliin is most common in formal or academic Finnish and in literary language. Its interpretation relies on the surrounding context to convey whether the immaterial is a literal or figurative destination. The expression is part of a broader set of terms dealing with non-physical realities, such as immateriaalisuus (immateriality), immaterialismi (immaterialism), as well as related philosophical and religious concepts like dualismi and platonismi.

See also: immaterialismi, immateriaalisuus, dualismi, platonismi, filosofia.