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materialism definition

ma·teri·al·ism (mə tir′ē əl iz′əm)

noun

    1. the philosophic doctrine that matter is the only reality and that everything in the world, including thought, will, and feeling, can be explained in terms of matter alone
    2. the doctrine that comfort, pleasure, and wealth are the only or highest goals or values
  2. the tendency to be more concerned with material than with spiritual or intellectual goals or values

Etymology: Fr matérialisme

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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