materialism
Constant concern over material possessions and wealthConstant concern over material possessions and wealth; a great or excessive regard for worldly concerns.
» Life is best lived unencumbered by materialism.
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3 senses(countable, uncountable)Constant concern over material possessions and wealth; a great or excessive regard for worldly concerns.
Materialismus
материали́змmaterialízm
матеріалі́змmaterialízm
a desire for wealth and material possessions with little interest in ethical or spiritual matters
(countable, uncountable)The philosophical belief that nothing exists beyond what is physical.
Materialismus
материали́змmaterialízm
матеріалі́змmaterialízm
(countable, obsolete, rare, uncountable)Synonym of matter, material substances in the aggregate.
Examples
9 sentencesLife is best lived unencumbered by materialism.
The difference between materialism and idealism is that materialism works.
The pillars of the new world are materialism, egoism and idiocy.
You grew up with too much materialism, and now you envy your neighbours.
Historical materialism is a pseudoscience.
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from French matérialisme. By surface analysis, material + -ism.Borrowed from French matérialisme. By surface analysis, material + -ism.
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Forms
plural: materialisms| Singular | materialism |
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Synonyms
7 synonyms- (philosophy) the philosophical theory that matter is the only reality:physicalism
- a desire for wealth and material possessions with little interest in ethical or spiritual matters:philistinism
Antonyms
2 antonymsWord family
17 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable