materialism

UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/məˈtɪəriəlɪz^əm/

US:USA pronunciation: IPAUSA pronunciation: IPA/məˈtɪriəˌlɪzəm/

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(mə tēr′ē ə liz′əm)

ma•te•ri•al•ism n. [uncountable]

too much emphasis on material objects, comforts, and considerations, as opposed to spiritual or intellectual values:the materialism of the 1970's and 1980's.

ma•te•ri•a•list, n. [countable], adj.
ma•ter•i•a•list•ic, adj.

ma•te•ri•al•ism n.

preoccupation with or emphasis on material objects, comforts, and considerations, with a disinterest in or rejection of spiritual, intellectual, or cultural values.
Philosophythe philosophical theory that regards matter and its motions as constituting the universe, and all phenomena, including those of mind, as due to material agencies.

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materialism /məˈtɪərɪəˌlɪzəm/ n

interest in and desire for money, possessions, etc, rather than spiritual or ethical values
the monist doctrine that matter is the only reality and that the mind, the emotions, etc, are merely functions of it
Compare idealism, dualism
the rejection of any religious or supernatural account of things

maˈterialist n , adj maˌterialˈistic adj maˌterialˈistically adv

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