MATERIALISM
\mətˈi͡əɹɪəlˌɪzəm], \mətˈiəɹɪəlˌɪzəm], \m_ə_t_ˈiə_ɹ_ɪ__ə_l_ˌɪ_z_ə_m]\
Definitions of MATERIALISM
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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By Princeton University
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a desire for wealth and material possessions with little interest in ethical or spiritual matters
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the doctrine that matter is the only reality
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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The doctrine that all the facts of life are the result of the action, etc., of substance or matter; the tendency to give too much importance to body or matter, and too little to spiritual and intellectual life.
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Materialistic.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Materialistic.
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The denial of the existence of soul or spirit; devotion to materal interests.
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Materialist.
By James Champlin Fernald
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The doctrine that denies the independent existence of spirit, and maintains that there is but one substance-viz. matter.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).