Materialism
[mə'tɪərɪəlɪz(ə)m] or [mə'tɪrɪəlɪzəm]
Definition
(noun.) (philosophy) the philosophical theory that matter is the only reality.
(noun.) a desire for wealth and material possessions with little interest in ethical or spiritual matters.
Inputed by Heinrich--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The doctrine of materialists; materialistic views and tenets.
(n.) The tendency to give undue importance to material interests; devotion to the material nature and its wants.
(n.) Material substances in the aggregate; matter.
Edited by Karl
Examples
- Is THAT spiritual, her bullying, her conceit, her sordid materialism? D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- A new philosophical basis is becoming increasingly necessary to socialism--one that may not be truer than the old materialism but that shall simply be more useful. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- This fixation has brought down upon the socialists a torrent of abuse in which atheism and materialism are prevailing epithets. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Without war the world would stagnate and lose itself in materialism. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
Edited by Craig