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/məˈtɪɹiəlɪzəm/
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Constant concern over material possessions and wealth; a great or excessive regard for worldly concerns.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: hylism, hylicism
Antonyms: spirituality
The philosophical belief that nothing exists beyond what is physical.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: human-sciences, philosophy, sciences
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Synonyms: physicalism, philosophical materialism, thingism, hylism, hylicism, hylozoism
Antonyms: idealism
Synonym of matter, material substances in the aggregate.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, obsolete, rare, uncountable
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Synonyms: matter, material substances in the aggregate
Antonyms: none provided
(philosophy) the philosophical theory that matter is the only reality
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: physicalism
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: philosophical doctrine, philosophical theory
Narrower terms: dialectical materialism
a desire for wealth and material possessions with little interest in ethical or spiritual matters
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: philistinism
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: desire
Borrowed from French matérialisme. By surface analysis, material + -ism.
Across languages
Translations 60 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic :
مَادِّيَّة
(māddiyya)
— concern over material possessions
Belarusian :
матэрыялі́зм
(materyjalízm)
— concern over material possessions
Burmese :
ရုပ်ဝါဒ
(rup-wada.)
— concern over material possessions
Catalan :
materialisme
— concern over material possessions
Czech :
materialismus
— concern over material possessions
Finnish :
materialismi
— concern over material possessions
French :
matérialisme
— concern over material possessions
Galician :
materialismo
— concern over material possessions
Georgian :
მატერიალიზმი
(maṭerializmi)
— concern over material possessions
German :
Materialismus
— concern over material possessions
Greek :
υλισμός
(ylismós)
— concern over material possessions
Ido :
materialismo
— concern over material possessions
Interlingua :
materialismo
— concern over material possessions
Irish :
ábharachas
— concern over material possessions
Irish :
saoltacht
— concern over material possessions
Italian :
materialismo
— concern over material possessions
Khmer :
សម្ភារនិយម
(sâmphéarnĭymô)
— concern over material possessions
Persian :
مادهگرایی
(mâde-gerâyi)
— concern over material possessions
Persian :
مادهباوری
(mâde-bâvari)
— concern over material possessions
Persian :
مادهانگاری
(mâde-engâri)
— concern over material possessions
Polish :
materializm
— concern over material possessions
Portuguese :
materialismo
— concern over material possessions
Romanian :
materialism
— concern over material possessions
Russian :
материали́зм
(materialízm)
— concern over material possessions
Spanish :
materialismo
— concern over material possessions
Tagalog :
hilig-makalupa
— concern over material possessions
Thai :
วัตถุนิยม
(wát-tù-ní-yom)
— concern over material possessions
Thai :
สสารนิยม
— concern over material possessions
Ukrainian :
матеріалі́зм
(materialízm)
— concern over material possessions
Urdu :
مادہ پرستی
(māda-parastī)
— concern over material possessions
Urdu :
مادیت
(mādiyat)
— concern over material possessions
Volapük :
materim
— concern over material possessions
Arabic :
مَادِّيَّة
(māddiyya)
— philosophical belief
Armenian :
մատերիալիզմ
(materializm)
— philosophical belief
Belarusian :
матэрыялі́зм
(materyjalízm)
— philosophical belief
Bengali :
বস্তুবাদ
(bostubad)
— philosophical belief
Catalan :
materialisme
— philosophical belief
Chinese Mandarin :
唯物主義 /唯物主义
(wéiwùzhǔyì)
— philosophical belief
Chinese Mandarin :
唯物論 /唯物论
(wéiwùlùn)
— philosophical belief
Esperanto :
materialismo
— philosophical belief
Esperanto :
materiismo
— philosophical belief
Finnish :
materialismi
— philosophical belief
French :
matérialisme
— philosophical belief
German :
Materialismus
— philosophical belief
Greek :
υλισμός
(ylismós)
— philosophical belief
Irish :
ábharachas
— philosophical belief
Japanese :
唯物論
(yuibutsu-ron)
— philosophical belief
Japanese :
唯物主義
(yuibutsushugi)
— philosophical belief
Khmer :
លោកាយតទិដ្ឋិ
(loŭkaytâtĭdthĕ)
— philosophical belief
Polish :
materializm
— philosophical belief
Portuguese :
materialismo
— philosophical belief
Romanian :
materialism
— philosophical belief
Russian :
материали́зм
(materialízm)
— philosophical belief
Spanish :
materialismo
— philosophical belief
Swedish :
materialism
— philosophical belief
Tagalog :
pagkamakasangkap
— philosophical belief
Thai :
วัตถุนิยม
(wát-tù-ní-yom)
— philosophical belief
Thai :
สสารนิยม
— philosophical belief
Ukrainian :
матеріалі́зм
(materialízm)
— philosophical belief
Volapük :
stöfim
— philosophical belief
