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Noun: materialism  mu'teer-ee-u,li-zum
  1. A desire for wealth and material possessions with little interest in ethical or spiritual matters
    - philistinism
     
  2. (philosophy) the philosophical theory that matter is the only reality
    - physicalism

Derived forms: materialisms

Type of: desire, philosophical doctrine, philosophical theory

Encyclopedia: Materialism

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