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| 1. | preoccupation with or emphasis on material objects, comforts, and considerations, with a disinterest in or rejection of spiritual, intellectual, or cultural values. |
| 2. | the philosophical theory that regards matter and its motions as constituting the universe, and all phenomena, including those of mind, as due to material agencies. |
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ma·te'ri·al·ist n., ma·te'ri·al·is'tic adj., ma·te'ri·al·is'ti·cal·ly adv. |
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| materialism | |
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| 1. | a desire for wealth and material possessions with little interest in ethical or spiritual matters |
| 2. | (philosophy) the philosophical theory that matter is the only reality |
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materialism
In philosophy, the position that nothing exists except matter — things that can be measured or known through the senses. Materialists deny the existence of spirit, and they look for physical explanations for all phenomena. Thus, for example, they trace mental states to the brain or nervous system, rather than to the spirit or the soul. Marxism, because it sees human culture as the product of economic forces, is a materialist system of beliefs.
[Chapter:] World Literature, Philosophy, and Religion
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Materialism
Hy"lo*the*ism\, n. [Gr. ? wood, matter + ? God.] The doctrine of belief that matter is God, or that there is no God except matter and the universe; pantheism. See Materialism.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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