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materialism::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | philistinism |
| Type of | desire |
| Derivation | materialist, materialistic |
materialism::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | physicalism |
| Type of | philosophical doctrine, philosophical theory |
| Has types | dialectical materialism |
| Derivation | materialist |
Examples of materialism
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Their quest for an afterlife was partly driven by revulsion against materialism.
From the guardian.co.uk
They were wary of the secularism and materialism they saw growing in the States.
From the theatlantic.com
Buddhism rejects materialism as one of the Three Poisons that lead to suffering.
From the nytimes.com
Then he just asserts that reductive materialism cannot account for his feelings.
From the scienceblogs.com
The best designs of 1986 in almost every instance exemplify the new materialism.
From the time.com
One of his main objectives was to combat the prevailing materialism of his time.
From the en.wikipedia.org
She is suffocating in a sea of materialism, false standards and social hypocrisy.
From the time.com
Further stating that materialism is related to housing prices is just ignorant.
From the ocregister.com
The fact remains that materialism is about matter and the properties of matter.
From the evangelicaloutpost.com
- A desire for wealth and material possessions with little interest in ethical or spiritual matters
- (philosophy) the philosophical theory that matter is the only reality
- (materialist) someone who thinks that nothing exists but physical matter
- (materialistic) marked by materialism
- (materialistic) bourgeois: conforming to the standards and conventions of the middle class; "a bourgeois mentality"
- In philosophy, the theory of materialism holds that the only thing that exists is matter; that all things are composed of material and all phenomena (including consciousness) are the result of material interactions. In other words, matter is the only substance. ...
- Constant concern over material possessions and wealth; a great or excessive regard for worldly concerns; The philosophical belief that nothing exists beyond what is physical
- (Materialist) Not necessarily only one who believes in neither God nor soul, nor the survival of the latter, but also any person who materializes the purely spiritual; such as believe in an anthropomorphic deity, in a soul capable of burning in hell fire, and a hell and paradise as localities ...
- Belief that only physical things truly exist. Materialists claim (or promise) to explain every apparent instance of a mental phenomenon as a feature of some physical object. Prominent materialists in Western thought include the classical atomists, Hobbes, and La Mettrie. ...
