materialism

1. n. The doctrine of materialists; materialistic views and tenets. Source: opted

2. n. The tendency to give undue importance to material interests; devotion to the material nature and its wants. Source: opted

3. n. Material substances in the aggregate; matter. Source: opted

4. n. a desire for wealth and material possessions with little interest in ethical or spiritual matters Source: wordnet

5. n. (philosophy) the philosophical theory that matter is the only reality Source: wordnet

6. 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. Source: webster

7. n:100 n. a desire for wealth and material possessions with little interest in ethical or spiritual matters n. (philosophy) the philosophical theory that matter is the only reality Source: ecdict

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