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materialism
noun
(ma-te-ri-al-ism)
a desire for wealth and material possessions with little interest in ethical or spiritual matters
Synonyms:
philistinism
,
materialism
noun
(ma-te-ri-al-ism)
(philosophy) the philosophical theory that matter is the only reality
Synonyms:
physicalism
,
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commercialism
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humanism
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selfishness
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egoism
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reductionism
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nihilism
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morality
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modernity
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liberalism
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subjectivism
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atheism
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fundamentalism
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dogmatism
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capitalism
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narcissism
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dogma
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intellectualism
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moralism
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postmodernism
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egalitarianism
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rationality
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utopianism
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historicism
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utilitarianism
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superficiality
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ritualism
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hylotheism
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immorality
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decadence
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conformism
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philosophical doctrine
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libertinism
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legalism
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sentimentalism
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religiosity
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secular humanism
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denominationalism
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moralizing
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collectivism
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statism
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patriarchy
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clericalism
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piety
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covetousness
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anthropocentrism
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secularization
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globalism
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greed
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pietism
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unreason
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idealization
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primitivism
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materialists
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aestheticism
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spirituality
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puritanism
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literalism
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essentialism
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gluttony
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malthusianism
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solipsism
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industrialism
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vulgarization
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acquisitiveness
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vainglory
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mammon
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westernisation
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secularisation
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egocentrism
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finitude
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infantilism
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sinfulness
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egotism
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anomie
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immanence
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godlessness
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ethnocentrism
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misandry
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attitudinizing
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orientalism
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paganism
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ungodliness
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militarism
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irrationalism
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reification
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selfhood
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feminism
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affluence
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