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materialism

ma·te·ri·al·ism [ mə tree ə lìzzəm ]


noun 
Definition:
 
1. focus on possessions: devotion to material wealth and possessions at the expense of spiritual or intellectual values

2. theory of physical: the philosophical theory that physical matter is the only reality and that psychological states such as emotions, reason, thought, and desire will eventually be explained as physical functions

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