Enter a word or phrase in any language 👆
Language:
Translation and analysis of words by ChatGPT artificial intelligence
On this page you can get a detailed analysis of a word or phrase, produced by the best artificial intelligence technology to date:
- how the word is used
- frequency of use
- it is used more often in oral or written speech
- word translation options
- usage examples (several phrases with translation)
- etymology
What (who) is economic materialism - definition
Economic materialism
EXCESSIVE DESIRE TO ACQUIRE AND CONSUME MATERIAL GOODS
Materialism is a personal attitude which attaches importance to acquiring and consuming material goods.
materialism
![In 1748, French doctor and philosopher [[La Mettrie]] espouses a materialistic definition of the human soul in ''[[L'Homme Machine]]''.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/La Mettrie, L'homme machine, 1748 Wellcome L0015753.jpg?width=200 "In 1748, French doctor and philosopher [[La Mettrie]] espouses a materialistic definition of the human soul in ''[[L'Homme Machine]]''.")
THEORY IN PHILOSOPHY
Materialist; Materialists; Materialized; Evolutionary materialists; Somatism; Hylicism; Secular materialism; Ontological materialism; Ultramaterialism; Philosophical materialism; New materialism; Fundamental materialism; Philosophical materialist; Militant materialism; Non-reductive materialism; German materialism; History of materialism; Anthropological materialism; Criticism of materialism; Material life; Materialism in the United States
1.
Materialism is the attitude of someone who attaches a lot of importance to money and wants to possess a lot of material things.
...the rising consumer materialism in society at large.
N-UNCOUNT
• materialist (materialists)
Leo is a materialist, living for life's little luxuries.
N-COUNT
2.
Materialism is the belief that only physical matter exists, and that there is no spiritual world.
N-UNCOUNT
Materialism
THEORY IN PHILOSOPHY
Materialist; Materialists; Materialized; Evolutionary materialists; Somatism; Hylicism; Secular materialism; Ontological materialism; Ultramaterialism; Philosophical materialism; New materialism; Fundamental materialism; Philosophical materialist; Militant materialism; Non-reductive materialism; German materialism; History of materialism; Anthropological materialism; Criticism of materialism; Material life; Materialism in the United States
·noun Material substances in the aggregate; matter.
II. Materialism ·noun The doctrine of materialists; materialistic views and tenets.
III. Materialism ·noun The tendency to give undue importance to material interests; devotion to the material nature and its wants.
