Definitions for materialisms

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materialisms ma·te·ri·al·ism

Spelling: [muh-teer-ee-uh-liz-uh m]

IPA: /məˈtɪər i əˌlɪz əm/

Materialisms is a 12 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 1157 anagrams from letters in materialisms (aaeiilmmrsst).

Definitions for materialisms

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.
3. preoccupation with or emphasis on material objects, comforts, and considerations, with a disinterest in or rejection of spiritual, intellectual, or cultural values.
4. 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 materialisms

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

Examples for materialisms

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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