materialism
English
/məˈtɪɹiəlɪzəm/, /məˈtɪəɹiəlɪzəm/
noun
Definitions
- Constant concern over material possessions and wealth; a great or excessive regard for worldly concerns.
- (philosophy) The philosophical belief that nothing exists beyond what is physical.
- (obsolete) Material substances in the aggregate; matter.
Etymology
Borrowed from French matérialisme suffix from English material.
Origin
English
material
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- active material English
- antimaterial English
- antimaterialism English
- archaeomaterial English
- archeomaterial English
- astromaterial English
- bimaterial English
- biomaterial English
- commaterial English
- cryptomaterial English
- geomaterial English
- immaterial English
- material English
- materialisation English
- materialise English
- materialist English
- materialistic English
- materiality English
- materialization English
- materialize English
- materially English
- materialness English
- metamaterial English
- micromaterial English
- multimaterial English
- nanomaterial English
- nonmaterial English
- nonmaterialism English
- postmaterial English
- postmaterialism English
- sociomaterial English
- supermaterial English
- trimaterial English
- unmaterial English
- materialismi Finnish
- Materialismus German
- matière French
- matérialisme French
- matériel French
- материали́зм Russian
- material Middle English
- materyalismo Cebuano
- materio Ido
- მატერიალიზმი Georgian
- materializm Crimean Tatar
- material
- unmaterial
- materially
- bimaterial
- immaterial
- trimaterial
- materialist
- materiality
- commaterial
- materialise
- biomaterial
- nonmaterial
- materialize
- geomaterial
- antimaterial
- metamaterial
- materialness
- nanomaterial
- postmaterial
- multimaterial
- sociomaterial
- micromaterial
- supermaterial
- astromaterial
- materialistic
- cryptomaterial
- archeomaterial
- nonmaterialism
- postmaterialism
- archaeomaterial
- materialization
- materialisation
- active material
- antimaterialism