Definitions for materialism

materialism ma·te·ri·al·ism

Spelling: [muh-teer-ee-uh-liz-uh m]
IPA: /məˈtɪər i əˌlɪz əm/

Materialism is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 939 anagrams from letters in materialism (aaeiilmmrst).

Definitions for materialism

noun

  1. preoccupation with or emphasis on material objects, comforts, and considerations, with a disinterest in or rejection of spiritual, intellectual, or cultural values.
  2. the philosophical theory that regards matter and its motions as constituting the universe, and all phenomena, including those of mind, as due to material agencies.

Origin of materialism

From the New Latin word māteriālismus, dating back to 1740-50. See material, -ism

Examples for materialism

There will soon be no babies for you to instruct either in materialism or socialism.

Razumov envied the materialism of the thief and the passion of the incorrigible lover.

It seems the world of law and idol breaking needed something of the Greeks' materialism, too.

On the other hand, it is of the essence of materialism to deny that the Will is an agent.

He might have escaped this materialism through the church, but to him it offered no inducements.

"I think he's pointing out the ridiculousness of the materialism," Hong said.

You mentioned “materialism” earlier, and one of the themes of both The Hunger Games and Divergent is class warfare.

A Youtube video of some jet-setting Buddhist monks has Thailand scrambling to crack down on materialism in the monastic ranks.

It just feeds the fire of materialism, and feeds the fire of make up, and false attire, and whatnot.

Liberate their conscience from the materialism by which it is weighed down.

Word Value for materialism
Scrable

15

Words with friends

18

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