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Webster 1913 Edition
Materialism
Ma-te′ri-al-ism
,Noun.
[Cf. F.
matérialisme
.] 1.
The doctrine of materialists; materialistic views and tenets; called also
philosophical materialism
. The irregular fears of a future state had been supplanted by the
materialism
of Epicurus. Buckminster.
2.
The tendency to give undue importance to material interests as contrasted with spiritual concerns; devotion to the material nature and its wants.
3.
Material substances in the aggregate; matter.
[R. & Obs.]
A. Chalmers.
2.
One who holds to the existence of matter, as distinguished from the idealist, who denies it.
Berkeley.
Webster 1828 Edition
Materialism
MATE'RIALISM
,Noun.
The irregular fears of a future state had been supplanted by the materialism of Epicurus.
Definition 2024
materialism
materialism
English
Noun
materialism (countable and uncountable, plural materialisms)
- Constant concern over material possessions and wealth; a great or excessive regard for worldly concerns.
- Buckminster
- The irregular fears of a future state had been supplanted by the materialism of Epicurus.
- Buckminster
- (philosophy) The philosophical belief that nothing exists beyond what is physical.
- (obsolete, rare) Material substances in the aggregate; matter.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of A. Chalmers to this entry?)
Synonyms
- (philosophy): physicalism
- (philosophy): philosophical materialism
Antonyms
- (philosophy): idealism
Derived terms
- philosophical materialism
Related terms
Translations
concern over material possessions
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philosophical belief
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See also
External links
- materialism in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- materialism in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
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Etymology
Noun
materialism c
Declension
Declension of materialism
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