'Materialism' definitions:
Definition of 'materialism'
From: WordNet
noun
A desire for wealth and material possessions with little interest in ethical or spiritual matters [syn: materialism, philistinism]
noun
(philosophy) the philosophical theory that matter is the only reality [syn: materialism, physicalism]
Definition of 'Materialism'
From: GCIDE
- Materialism \Ma*te"ri*al*ism\, n. [Cf. F. mat['e]rialisme.]
- 1. The doctrine of materialists; materialistic views and tenets; called also philosophical materialism. [1913 Webster]
- The irregular fears of a future state had been supplanted by the materialism of Epicurus. --Buckminster. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The tendency to give undue importance to material interests as contrasted with spiritual concerns; devotion to the material nature and its wants. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Material substances in the aggregate; matter. [R. & Obs.] --A. Chalmers. [1913 Webster]
- philosophical materialism The theory that matter and energy are the only objects existing within the universe, and that mental and spiritual phenomena are explainable as functions of the nervous system of people. Same as materialism[1]. [PJC]
Synonyms of 'materialism'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- Adam,
- animalism,
- animality,
- atomism,
- beastliness,
- behaviorism,
- bestiality,
- brutality,
- brutishness,
- carnal nature,
- carnal-mindedness,
- carnality,
- coarseness,
- commonsense realism,
- dialectical materialism,
- earthiness,
- earthliness,
- earthly-mindedness,
- empiricism,
- epiphenomenalism,
- fallen nature,
- fallen state,
- flesh,
- fleshliness,
- grossness,
- historical materialism,
- hylomorphism,
- hylotheism,
- hylozoism,
- idealism,
- lapsed state,
- Marxism,
- mechanism,
- mundaneness,
- natural realism,
- naturalism,
- new realism,
- nonspirituality,
- Philistinism,
- physicalism,
- physicism,
- positive philosophy,
- positivism,
- postlapsarian state,
- pragmaticism,
- pragmatism,
- realism,
- representative realism,
- secularism,
- substantialism,
- swinishness,
- temporality,
- the beast,
- the flesh,
- the offending Adam,
- the Old Adam,
- unspirituality,
- worldliness,
- worldly-mindedness
Words containing 'Materialism'
- Material,
- Materiality,
- Materialization,
- Materialize,
- Materialized,
- Materializing,
- Materially,
- Materialness,
- Materiate,
- Materiated,
- Materiation,
- Materious,
- Formed material,
- Material cause,
- Material evidence,
- Raw material,
- abrasive material,
- absorbent material,
- adhesive material,
- adsorbent material,
- animal material,
- bedding material,
- building material,
- coloring material,
- colouring material,
- combustible material,
- composite material,
- contrast material,
- covering material,
- dialectical materialism,
- fencing material,
- insulating material,
- material body,
- material breach,
- material possession,
- material resource,
- material witness,
- materials handling,
- packing material,
- paving material,
- philosophical materialism,
- photographic material,
- piece of material,
- plant material,
- promotional material,
- radioactive material,
- reading material,
- roofing material,
- sealing material,
- semiconducting material,
- sorbent material,
- source materials,
- upholstery material,
- waste material,
- waste of material,
- written material,
- create from raw material,
- creating from raw materials