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  • 1. materialism
  • Rhymes with Materialism
  • Materialism in a sentence
  • Quotes about Materialism
  • 2. materialism
Table of Contents
  • 1. materialism
  • Rhymes with Materialism
  • Materialism in a sentence
  • Quotes about Materialism
  • 2. materialism
Synonyms
Etymology

1. materialism

noun. ['məˈtɪriːəˌlɪzəm'] a desire for wealth and material possessions with little interest in ethical or spiritual matters.

Synonyms

  • desire

Etymology

  • -ism (English)
  • material (English)
  • material (Middle English (1100-1500))

Rhymes with Materialism

  • imperialism

Sentences with materialism


1. Noun, singular or mass
By placing value on ideas and the pursuit of truth, idealism de-emphasizes the importance of materialism.

Quotes about materialism


1. We're all to driven by materialism. Obsessed with success. With money. With trying to impress people who'll never be impressed.
- Sophie Kinsella, Shopaholic Ties the Knot

2. I think at the heart of so much restlessness of the day is a spiritual vacuum. There is a yearning for meaningful lives, a yearning for values we can commonly embrace. I hear an almost inaudible but pervasive discontent with the price we pay for our current materialism. And I hear a fluttering of hope that there might be more to life than bread and circuses.
- Bill Moyes

2. materialism

noun. ['məˈtɪriːəˌlɪzəm'] (philosophy) the philosophical theory that matter is the only reality.

Synonyms

  • philosophical doctrine
  • physicalism
  • philosophical theory

Antonyms

  • hereditarianism
  • despair

Etymology

  • -ism (English)
  • material (English)
  • material (Middle English (1100-1500))
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