materialism

[Ma*te·ri*al*ism]

Material substances in the aggregate; matter.

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The doctrine of materialists; materialistic views and tenets.

Noun
(philosophy) the philosophical theory that matter is the only reality

Noun
a desire for wealth and material possessions with little interest in ethical or spiritual matters


n.
The doctrine of materialists; materialistic views and tenets.

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

n.
Material substances in the aggregate; matter.


Materialism

Ma*te"ri*al*ism , n. [Cf. F. mat'82rialisme.] 1. The doctrine of materialists; materialistic views and tenets.
The irregular fears of a future state had been supplanted by the materialism of Epicurus.
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.

Materialist

Ma*te"ri*al*ist , n. [Cf. F. mat'82rialiste.] 1. One who denies the existence of spiritual substances or agents, and maintains that spiritual phenomena, so called, are the result of some peculiar organization of matter. 2. One who holds to the existence of matter, as distinguished from the idealist, who denies it. Berkeley.

The doctrine of materialists; materialistic views and tenets.

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Usage Examples

In an era ruled by materialism and unstable geopolitics, art must be restored to the center of public education.

An attitude to life which seeks fulfillment in the single-minded pursuit of wealth - in short, materialism - does not fit into this world, because it contains within itself no limiting principle, while the environment in which it is placed is strictly limited.

This great, though disastrous, culture can only change as we begin to stand off and see... the inveterate materialism which has become the model for cultures around the world.

That feeling of freedom, open highways of possibilities, has kind of been lost to materialism and marketing.

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Other Usage Examples

The folly of endless consumerism sends us on a wild goose-chase for happiness through materialism.

It is not materialism that is the chief curse of the world, as pastors teach, but idealism. Men get into trouble by taking their visions and hallucinations too seriously.

Sex is the mysticism of materialism and the only possible religion in a materialistic society.

The chief difficulty which prevents men of science from believing in divine as well as in nature Spirits is their materialism.

Materialism coarsens and petrifies everything, making everything vulgar, and every truth false.

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