materialism

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /məˈtɪəɹiəlɪzəm/    美 /məˈtɪɹiəlɪzəm/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Constant concern over material possessions and wealth; a great or excessive regard for worldly concerns. countable,uncountable
    — We accept that a third of the population live on the poverty line. We accept that only a handful of the most exceptional of the children of the poor will make it through to a third-level education. We accept massive examples of greed and dishonesty in public life. We except the values of materialism. What do we expect then—to be left un-harassed, we who have all the privileges?
  2. The philosophical belief that nothing exists beyond what is physical. countable,uncountable
    — The result of the labours of philosophy appeared to be a total scepticism on the most important subjects of hu man duty and expectation. The irregular fears of a future state had been supplanted by the materialism of Epicurus; and this system—if system it may be called, which left them without a God, a providence, a morality, or a retribution—was the fashionable philosophy of the more cultivated classes.
  3. Synonym of matter, material substances in the aggregate. countable,obsolete,rare,uncountable

词形变化

materialisms plural

词汇关系

衍生词
antimaterialism dialectical materialism eliminative materialism historical materialism hypermaterialism neo-materialism new materialism nonmaterialism philosophical materialism postmaterialism scientific materialism speculative materialism transcendental materialism
相关词
materialist materialistic idealism physicalism

词源

Borrowed from French matérialisme. By surface analysis, material + -ism.
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