| 单词 | materialism |
| 释义 | materialismWord family (noun) material materialism materialist materials materialization (adjective) material immaterial materialistic materialist (verb) materialize (adverb) materialistically materially From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishPhilosophymaterialismma‧te‧ri‧al‧is‧m /məˈtɪəriəlɪzəm $ -ˈtɪr-/ noun [uncountable]1 GREEDYthe belief that money and possessions are more important than art, religion, moral beliefs etc – used to show disapprovala reaction to a world full of shallow materialism2 RPthe belief that only physical things really exist —materialist adjectivematerialist philosophy —materialist noun [countable]We confess to being hopeless materialists, surrounded by our own cool stuff.Examples from the Corpusmaterialism• Our high desires for spiritual reality are transmuted into the sordid quest for consumerism and materialism.• In these lovely days, still unspoilt by materialism and television, there was always a singer.• Graham also encouraged people to turn away from materialism and instead focus on what he said really matters: the spiritual.• His main target was vanity, and how materialism has put a brake on the human race.• As such, it competes with other metaphysical theories like materialism.• This criticism of materialism is seen in all his teaching.• What a challenge to a life that is caught in the whirlpool of materialism!• In all these respects, materialism functions just like theism, as one competing metaphysical scheme amongst others. |
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