English noun: materialism | |||
| 1. | materialism (state) a desire for wealth and material possessions with little interest in ethical or spiritual matters | ||
| Synonyms | philistinism | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | desire | ||
| 2. | materialism (cognition) (philosophy) the philosophical theory that matter is the only reality | ||
| Synonyms | physicalism | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | philosophical doctrine, philosophical theory | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | dialectical materialism | ||
| Domain category | philosophy | ||