MATERIALISM


Meaning of MATERIALISM in English

məˈtirēəˌlizəm, -tēr- noun

( -s )

Etymology: New Latin materialismus, from Late Latin materialis material + Latin -ismus -ism

1.

a. : a doctrine, theory, or principle according to which physical matter is the only reality and the reality through which all being and processes and phenomena can be explained — compare mentalism

b. : a doctrine, theory, or principle according to which the only or the highest values or objectives of living lie in material well-being and pleasure and in the furtherance of material progress

2. : a preoccupation with or tendency to seek after or stress material things rather than intellectual or spiritual things

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.