materialism

Meaning

1. (countable, uncountable) Constant concern over material possessions and wealth; a great or excessive regard for worldly concerns.
2. (countable, uncountable) The philosophical belief that nothing exists beyond what is physical.
3. (countable, obsolete, rare, uncountable) Material substances in the aggregate; matter.

Opposite of

spirituality, idealism

Synonyms

physicalism

philistinism

naturalism

utilitarianism

worldliness

secularity

secularism

Translations

matérialisme

Materialismus

materialismo

materialismo

materialismo

materialisme

υλισμός

materyalizm

özdekçilik

maddecilik

مادية

materialisme

Physicalisme

مادي

Pronounced as (IPA)

/məˈtɪɹiəlɪzəm/

Etymology

Borrowed from French matérialisme. By surface analysis, material + -ism.