semipermeable

IPA: sɛmaɪpˈɝmiʌbʌɫ

Permeable to some things and not to others, as a cell membrane which allows some molecules through but blocks other substances.

Examples of "semipermeable" in Sentences

Needless to say, this has the most profound implications for the semipermeable soul.
People who believe in God generally believe whether they know it or not in precisely such a semipermeable membrane separating an outside Deity from an inside “me.”
Is not our modern way of seeing, or not seeing, very much tied to the sealed-off self that we now construe, a somewhat different organ from the semipermeable soul it has replaced?
The matter of what exactly cures us is not unrelated to other themes that have run through this book, in particular that of the semipermeable soul and “who shall I say is calling?”
Whatever its origins and past history—in fact, precisely because of what we know of its origins—does not the semipermeable soul now look like a mistake, a misstep on the path to the true understanding of ourselves?