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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024ma•te•ri•al•ism /məˈtɪriəˌlɪzəm/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable]- too much emphasis on material objects, comforts, and considerations, as opposed to spiritual or intellectual values:the materialism of the 1970's and 1980's.
ma•te•ri•a•list, n. [countable], adj. ma•ter•i•a•list•ic, adj. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ma•te•ri•al•ism (mə tēr′ē ə liz′əm),USA pronunciation n. - preoccupation with or emphasis on material objects, comforts, and considerations, with a disinterest in or rejection of spiritual, intellectual, or cultural values.
- Philosophythe philosophical theory that regards matter and its motions as constituting the universe, and all phenomena, including those of mind, as due to material agencies.
- Neo-Latin māteriālismus. See material, -ism
- 1740–50
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: materialism /məˈtɪərɪəˌlɪzəm/ n - interest in and desire for money, possessions, etc, rather than spiritual or ethical values
- the monist doctrine that matter is the only reality and that the mind, the emotions, etc, are merely functions of it
Compare idealism, dualism - the rejection of any religious or supernatural account of things
maˈterialist n , adj maˌterialˈistic adj maˌterialˈistically adv |