materialism
materialisms
Materialism describes the belief that buying and having possessions is not just important, but a key to happiness in life, like the people whose materialism has so clouded their minds that they are more interested in your clothes and shoes than in what you are saying.
Materialism has the word material in it. What is material? Well, it's stuff — anything you can see and touch, like a pile of books or a big, green lawn. To be material, a thing has to have physical form, unlike emotions, beliefs, deep conversations, thoughts. So materialism means putting all importance on stuff. Someone who suffers from materialism would rather be out spending money than spending time with loved ones.
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a desire for wealth and material possessions with little interest in ethical or spiritual matters
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synonyms:
philistinism
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type of:
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desire
something that is desired
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desire
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(philosophy) the philosophical theory that matter is the only reality
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synonyms:
physicalism
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dialectical materialism
the materialistic philosophy of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels
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type of:
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philosophical doctrine, philosophical theory
a doctrine accepted by adherents to a philosophy
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dialectical materialism
Vocabulary lists containing materialism
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