Synonyms for materialism
məˈtɪər i əˌlɪz əmma·te·ri·al·ism

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1. materialismnoun

   Synonyms:
   physicalism, philosophical materialism

   Antonyms:
   idealism

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1. materialism, philistinismnoun

   a desire for wealth and material possessions with little interest in ethical or spiritual matters

   Synonyms:
   physicalism, philistinism

2. materialism, physicalismnoun

   (philosophy) the philosophical theory that matter is the only reality

   Synonyms:
   physicalism, philistinism

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1. List of paraphrases for "materialism":

   materialist

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1. Diana Rose:

   When people start engaging with things like astrology and Tarot and spirituality, a lot of them just see it all as one, instead of a bunch of discrete approaches to engaging with the world, or engaging outside of the boundaries of scientific materialism.

2. Michael Kimmelman:

   Hudson Yards glorifies a kind of surface spectacle — as if the peak ambitions of city life were consuming luxury goods and enjoying a smooth, seductive, mindless materialism.

3. Malcolm Muggeridge:

   Sex is the mysticism of materialism and the only possible religion in a materialistic society.

4. Javad Hashmi:

   They (akh right bros) are very anti-Western and anti-liberal, anti-modernity, anti-consumerism, materialism, is what they claim. But in reality … they are on the platforms that are the creation of all of those things.

5. Bryant McGill:

   Evolve your understanding of success from the outer realm of control, materialism, and ego, to the inner realm of surrender, spirituality, and compassion.