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materialism

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materialism /məˈtirijəˌlɪzəm/ noun
materialism
/məˈtirijəˌlɪzəm/
noun
Britannica Dictionary definition of MATERIALISM
[noncount]
: a way of thinking that gives too much importance to material possessions rather than to spiritual or intellectual things
philosophy : the belief that only material things exist

— materialist

/məˈtirijəlɪst/ noun, plural materialists [count]

— materialistic

/məˌtirijəˈlɪstɪk/ adjective [more materialistic; most materialistic]