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materialism

/məˈtɪəɹiəlɪzəm/
noun
  1. Constant concern over material possessions and wealth; a great or excessive regard for worldly concerns.

  2. The philosophical belief that nothing exists beyond what is physical.

  3. Material substances in the aggregate; matter.

Synonymsphilosophical materialism, physicalism
Antonymsidealism

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