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Materialism - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Materialism : (noun)
1: a desire for wealth and material possessions with little
interest in ethical or spiritual matters [syn: philistinism]
2: (philosophy) the philosophical theory that matter is the
only reality [syn: physicalism]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Materialism : \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.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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