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Materialism Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Materialism? [n] the doctrine that matter is the only reality [n] a desire for wealth and material possessions with little interest in ethical or spiritual matters Synonyms \| Synonyms for Materialism: philistinism \| physicalism Related Terms \| Find terms related to Materialism: Adam \| animalism \| animality \| atomism \| beastliness \| behaviorism \| bestiality \| brutality \| brutishness \| carnal nature \| carnality \| carnal-mindedness \| coarseness \| commonsense realism \| dialectical materialism \| earthiness \| earthliness \| earthly-mindedness \| empiricism \| epiphenomenalism \| fallen nature \| fallen state \| flesh \| fleshliness \| grossness \| historical materialism \| hylomorphism \| hylotheism \| hylozoism \| idealism \| lapsed state \| Marxism \| mechanism \| mundaneness \| natural realism \| naturalism \| new realism \| nonspirituality \| Philistinism \| physicalism \| physicism \| positive philosophy \| positivism \| postlapsarian state \| pragmaticism \| pragmatism \| realism \| representative realism \| secularism \| substantialism \| swinishness \| temporality \| the beast \| the flesh \| the offending Adam \| the Old Adam \| unspirituality \| worldliness \| worldly-mindedness See Also \| desire \| dialectical materialism \| philosophical doctrine \| philosophical theory Materialism In Webster's Dictionary \Mate"rial*ism\, n. [Cf. F. mat['e]rialisme.] 1. The doctrine of materialists; materialistic views and tenets. The irregular fears of a future state had been supplanted by the materialism of Epicurus. --Buckminster. 2. The tendency to give undue importance to material interests; devotion to the material nature and its wants. 3. Material substances in the aggregate; matter. [R. & Obs.] --A. Chalmers.

Materialism Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Materialism?

[n] the doctrine that matter is the only reality
[n] a desire for wealth and material possessions with little interest in ethical or spiritual matters

Synonyms | Synonyms for Materialism: philistinism | physicalism

See Also | desire | dialectical materialism | philosophical doctrine | philosophical theory

Materialism In Webster's Dictionary

\Ma*te"ri*al*ism\, n. [Cf. F. mat['e]rialisme.]
1. The doctrine of materialists; materialistic views and
   tenets.

         The irregular fears of a future state had been
         supplanted by the materialism of Epicurus.
                                               --Buckminster.

2. The tendency to give undue importance to material
   interests; devotion to the material nature and its wants.

3. Material substances in the aggregate; matter. [R. & Obs.]
   --A. Chalmers.

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