Definition of Materealism

Definition of Materealism

Materialism, the theory which, denying the independent existence of spirit, resolves everything within the sphere of being into matter, or into the operation and the effect of the operation of forces latent in it, or into the negative and positive interaction of mere material forces, to the exclusion of intelligent purpose and design.

- Wikipedia

Ma*te"ri*al*ism (?), n. [Cf. F. matérialisme.]

1. The doctrine of materialists; materialistic views and tenets.

The irregular fears of a future state had been supplanted by the materialism of Epicurus.

Buckminster.

2. The tendency to give undue importance to material interests; devotion to the material nature and its wants.

3. Material substances in the aggregate; matter. [R. & Obs.] A. Chalmers.

- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Constant concern over material possessions and wealth.
The philosophical belief that nothing exists beyond what is physical (also called physicalism).

- The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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