Words Like MATERIALISM

We have put together a list of words that are similar to MATERIALISM.

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9 definitions of materialism

1 The denial of the existence in man of an immaterial substance, which alone is conscious, distinct and separable from the body.
2 The metaphysical doctrine that matter is the only substance, and that matter and its motions constitute the universe. See idealism, 1.
3 The doctrine that all phenomena are to be accounted for by the fortuitous concourse of atoms, in connection with certain laws or tendencies toward laws, in nature; Epicureanism.
4 Any opinion or tendency that is based upon purely material interests; hence, any low view of life; devotion to material things or interests; neglect of spiritual for physical needs and considerations.
5 Constant concern over material possessions and wealth; a great or excessive regard for worldly concerns.
6 The philosophical belief that nothing exists beyond what is physical.
7 Material substances in the aggregate; matter.
8 (philosophy) the philosophical theory that matter is the only reality
9 a desire for wealth and material possessions with little interest in ethical or spiritual matters
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