Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - materialism
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1. Materialism is the attitude of someone who attaches a lot of importance to money and wants to possess a lot of material things. ...the rising consumer materialism in society at large. N-UNCOUNT • materialist (materialists) Leo is a materialist, living for life’s little luxuries. N-COUNT 2. Materialism is the belief that only physical matter exists, and that there is no spiritual world. N-UNCOUNT ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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noun Date: 1733 1. a. a theory that physical matter is the only or fundamental reality and that all being and processes and phenomena can be explained as manifestations or results of matter b. a doctrine that the only or the highest values or objectives lie in material well-being and in the furtherance of material progress c. a doctrine that economic or social change is materially caused — compare historical ~ 2. a preoccupation with or stress upon material rather than intellectual or spiritual things • materialist noun or adjective • materialistic adjective • materialistically adverb ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. 1 a tendency to prefer material possessions and physical comfort to spiritual values. 2 Philos. a the opinion that nothing exists but matter and its movements and modifications. b the doctrine that consciousness and will are wholly due to material agency. 3 Art a tendency to lay stress on the material aspect of objects. Derivatives materialist n. materialistic adj. materialistically adv. ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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