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materialism

noun
/məˈtɪɹiəlɪzəm/US/məˈtɪəɹiəlɪzəm/UK

Etymology

Borrowed from French matérialisme. By surface analysis, material + -ism.

  1. borrowed from matérialisme

Definitions

  1. Constant concern over material possessions and wealth

    Constant concern over material possessions and wealth; a great or excessive regard for worldly concerns.

  2. The philosophical belief that nothing exists beyond what is physical.

    • With the rise of Cartesian and Hobbesian mechanical philosophy and materialism in the 16th and 17th centuries, the classical argument for the immateriality of the intellect and will was simply ignored and then forgotten.

  3. Synonym of matter, material substances in the aggregate.

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Derived

antimaterialism, dialectical materialism, eliminative materialism, historical materialism, hypermaterialism, neo-materialism, new materialism, nonmaterialism, philosophical materialism, postmaterialism, scientific materialism, speculative materialism, transcendental materialism

Vish — recursive loop

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA