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materialism

Pronunciation: /məˈtɪɹiəlɪzəm/

The English word “materialism” has 3 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. Constant concern over material possessions and wealth; a great or excessive regard for worldly concerns.
  2. The philosophical belief that nothing exists beyond what is physical.
  3. Synonym of matter, material substances in the aggregate.

Etymology

Borrowed from French matérialisme. By surface analysis, material + -ism.

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