materialism

English

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Etymology

material +‎ -ism

Noun

materialism (uncountable)

1. Constant concern over material possessions and wealth; a great or excessive regard for worldly concerns.
2. (philosophy) The philosophical belief that nothing exists beyond what is physical.

Synonyms

• (philosophy): physicalism
• (philosophy): philosophical materialism

Antonyms

• (philosophy): idealism

Derived terms

• philosophical materialism

Related terms

• materialistic

Translations

concern over material possessions

Catalan: materialisme (ca) m. Czech: materialismus (cs) m. Finnish: materialismi (fi) French: matérialisme (fr) m. German: Materialismus (de) m. Interlingua: materialismo

Italian: materialismo (it) Portuguese: materialismo (pt) m. Romanian: materialism (ro) n. Russian: материализм (ru) (materialízm) m. Spanish: materialismo (es) Volapük: materim

philosophical belief

Arabic: مادية (ar) (maaddiyya) f. Armenian: մատերիալիզմ (hy) (materializm) Catalan: materialisme (ca) m. Chinese: trad. 唯物主義, simpl. 唯物主义 (pinyin: wéiwù-zhǔyì) Esperanto: materialismo (eo) French: matérialisme (fr) m.

German: Materialismus (de) m. Japanese: 唯物論 (ja) (yuibutsu-ron) Portuguese: materialismo (pt) m. Romanian: materialism (ro) n. Russian: материализм (ru) (materialízm) m. Volapük: stöfim (vo)

See also

• idealism
• physicalism

External links

• materialism in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• materialism in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

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Swedish

Etymology

materiell +‎ -ism

Noun

materialism c.

1. materialism

Declension

Declension of materialism

	uncountable		uncountable
Common	indefinite	definite
nominative	materialism	materialismen
genitive	materialisms	materialismens

Related terms

• materialist
• materialistisk