Look up: materialism

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   materialism
   [n] - a desire for wealth and material possessions with little interest in ethical or spiritual matters 2. [n] - the doctrine that matter is the only reality
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   materialism
   Philosophical theory that there is nothing in existence over and above matter and matter in motion. Such a theory excludes the possibility of deities. It also sees mind as an attribute of the...
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   Materialism
   Ma·te'ri·al·ism noun [ Confer French matérialisme .] 1. The doctrine of materialists; materialistic views and tenets. « The irregular fears of a future state had been supplanted by the materialism of Epicurus.» Buckminster. 2. The tendency to give undue importance to material interests; devotion to the material nature and its wants. 3. Mat ...
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   materialism
   1. The doctrine of materialists; materialistic views and tenets. 'The irregular fears of a future state had been supplanted by the materialism of Epicurus.' (Buckminster) ... 2. The tendency to give undue importance to material interests; devotion to the material nature and its wants. ... 3. Material substances in the aggregate; matter. ... [Cf. F. Ma ...
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   materialism
   physicalism noun (philosophy) the philosophical theory that matter is the only reality
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   materialism
   philistinism noun a desire for wealth and material possessions with little interest in ethical or spiritual matters
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   Materialism
   In philosophy, `materialism` is a form of physicalism which holds that the only thing that can be truly proven to exist is matter. Fundamentally, all things are composed of `material` and all phenomena are the result of material interactions; therefore, matter is the only substance. As a theory, materialism belongs to the class of monist ontology. As such, it is different from ontological theories based on dualism or pluralism. For singular expla...
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   Materialism
   • (n.) The tendency to give undue importance to material interests; devotion to the material nature and its wants. • (n.) Material substances in the aggregate; matter. • (n.) The doctrine of materialists; materialistic views and tenets.
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   Materialism
   in philosophy, the view that all facts (including facts about the human mind and will and the course of human history) are causally dependent upon ... [21 related articles]
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    materialism
    materialism 1. A desire for wealth and material possessions with little interest in ethical or spiritual matters. 2. Devotion to material wealth and possessions at the expense of spiritual or intellectual values. 3. The philosophical theory that physical matter is the only reality and that psychological states; such as, emotions, reason, thought, and desire ...
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    materialism
    In philosophy, as opposed to idealism, any view asserting the ontologic primacy of matter; in psychology, any theory denying the existence of mind, see mental phenomena to be the mere outworking of purely physico-mechanical processes in the brain; in the philosophy of religion, any synthesis denying...
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    materialism
    materialism, in philosophy, a widely held system of thought that explains the nature of the world as entirely dependent on matter, the fundamental and final reality beyond which nothing need be sought. Certain periods in history, usually those associated with scientific advance, are marked by strong...
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    Materialism
    A proposition about the existent or the real: that only matter (q.v.) is existent or real; that matter is the primordial or fundamental constituent of the universe; atomism; that only sensible entities, processes, or content are existent or real; that the universe is not governed by intelligence, purpose, or final causes; that everything is stric...
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