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Materialism

Materialism Meaning & Definition
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

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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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