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Definition of materialism in English: materialismnoun məˈtɪərɪəlɪz(ə)mməˈtɪriəˌlɪzəm mass noun1A tendency to consider material possessions and physical comfort as more important than spiritual values. they hated the sinful materialism of the wicked city Example sentencesExamples - Just about any religion or spiritual movement will tell you that physical materialism is not the ultimate solution.
- It is the law itself which encodes the values of individualism and materialism.
- It could aid in neutralizing the insidious and pernicious tendencies towards materialism, consumerism and a general preoccupation with the present and the secular.
- The struggle to hold on to traditional values in the face of the new South African politics and western materialism forms an important theme in his writings.
- Consumerism and materialism won't fill the spiritual emptiness so many in an affluent society experience.
- Because of the emphasis on materialism and individualism, businesses concentrated on ‘shareholder value’ rather than customers or employees.
- Perceptions now abound of the West being held in the grip of materialism and spiritual values being sidelined.
- His exalted view of the state sits uneasily with the prosaic materialism and spiritual void of our own culture, especially when our society tends to identify the state with politics.
- As an attitude, romanticism can be described as a tendency to favour the spiritual and oppose materialism.
- People are far more important than materialism.
- This story teaches important lessons about materialism and valuing family relationships.
- The truth is that all of the varieties of skepticism, materialism, and spiritual fervor are found in the range of tribal societies.
- What happens to the quality of our lives when we value materialism?
- His works present a critique of Victorian materialism yet also convey spiritual consolation, faith in humanity and in the power and goodness of great men.
- It also promotes vanity and materialism as a value.
- We are losing the battle because we live in a culture that nurtures us on materialism and promotes greed as a virtue.
- Consumerist creature comfort materialism using non-renewable resources is a short-cut to ruin.
- In fact, he argued that the modem worship of technology and materialism undermined these values.
- Are there any others out there ready to give up the creature comforts of materialism and strike back for the working class?
- It will measure the extent to which young people identify with democratic values, materialism, solidarity, and confidence in their own and the country's prospects.
Synonyms greed, greediness, covetousness, cupidity, possessiveness, grasping, graspingness, grabbing, avarice, avidity, predatoriness, rapaciousness, rapacity, voracity, voraciousness, mercenariness 2Philosophy
The theory or belief that nothing exists except matter and its movements and modifications. Example sentencesExamples - In light of the complexity of the universe, which of the overarching theories of materialism, humanism, or theism provides the best explanation?
- The first is ontological materialism, which says that nothing exists except the material world.
- The field is dominated by schools of materialism that describe mental phenomena as types or side products of physical phenomena.
- This materialism was of a mechanical kind - with matter interacting like parts in a giant clockwork mechanism.
- And, if we don't really know what matter is, then materialism is in trouble.
- 2.1 The theory or belief that consciousness and will are wholly due to material agency.
See also dialectical materialism Example sentencesExamples - Hobbes' view shows progress for reconciling materialism, determinism and free will, but it is unsatisfactory.
- In respect to his materialism and determinism Collins was clearly influenced more by Hobbes and Bayle than he was by Locke.
- The second abandons hope for reductionist exploitation of behaviorist ideas on behalf of materialism.
- As Marx pointed out, idealism often was better than materialism at capturing agency.
Definition of materialism in US English: materialismnounməˈtɪriəˌlɪzəmməˈtirēəˌlizəm 1A tendency to consider material possessions and physical comfort as more important than spiritual values. they hated the sinful materialism of the wicked city Example sentencesExamples - The struggle to hold on to traditional values in the face of the new South African politics and western materialism forms an important theme in his writings.
- The truth is that all of the varieties of skepticism, materialism, and spiritual fervor are found in the range of tribal societies.
- It could aid in neutralizing the insidious and pernicious tendencies towards materialism, consumerism and a general preoccupation with the present and the secular.
- Consumerist creature comfort materialism using non-renewable resources is a short-cut to ruin.
- Because of the emphasis on materialism and individualism, businesses concentrated on ‘shareholder value’ rather than customers or employees.
- This story teaches important lessons about materialism and valuing family relationships.
- His exalted view of the state sits uneasily with the prosaic materialism and spiritual void of our own culture, especially when our society tends to identify the state with politics.
- As an attitude, romanticism can be described as a tendency to favour the spiritual and oppose materialism.
- Consumerism and materialism won't fill the spiritual emptiness so many in an affluent society experience.
- Just about any religion or spiritual movement will tell you that physical materialism is not the ultimate solution.
- We are losing the battle because we live in a culture that nurtures us on materialism and promotes greed as a virtue.
- It is the law itself which encodes the values of individualism and materialism.
- His works present a critique of Victorian materialism yet also convey spiritual consolation, faith in humanity and in the power and goodness of great men.
- People are far more important than materialism.
- In fact, he argued that the modem worship of technology and materialism undermined these values.
- Perceptions now abound of the West being held in the grip of materialism and spiritual values being sidelined.
- It also promotes vanity and materialism as a value.
- Are there any others out there ready to give up the creature comforts of materialism and strike back for the working class?
- What happens to the quality of our lives when we value materialism?
- It will measure the extent to which young people identify with democratic values, materialism, solidarity, and confidence in their own and the country's prospects.
Synonyms greed, greediness, covetousness, cupidity, possessiveness, grasping, graspingness, grabbing, avarice, avidity, predatoriness, rapaciousness, rapacity, voracity, voraciousness, mercenariness 2Philosophy
The doctrine that nothing exists except matter and its movements and modifications. Example sentencesExamples - This materialism was of a mechanical kind - with matter interacting like parts in a giant clockwork mechanism.
- The field is dominated by schools of materialism that describe mental phenomena as types or side products of physical phenomena.
- The first is ontological materialism, which says that nothing exists except the material world.
- In light of the complexity of the universe, which of the overarching theories of materialism, humanism, or theism provides the best explanation?
- And, if we don't really know what matter is, then materialism is in trouble.
- 2.1 The doctrine that consciousness and will are wholly due to material agency.
See also dialectical materialism Example sentencesExamples - Hobbes' view shows progress for reconciling materialism, determinism and free will, but it is unsatisfactory.
- The second abandons hope for reductionist exploitation of behaviorist ideas on behalf of materialism.
- In respect to his materialism and determinism Collins was clearly influenced more by Hobbes and Bayle than he was by Locke.
- As Marx pointed out, idealism often was better than materialism at capturing agency.
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