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What does materialism mean?

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Noun
  1. Constant concern over material possessions and wealth; a great or excessive regard for worldly concerns.
  2. (philosophy) The philosophical belief that nothing exists beyond what is physical.
  3. (obsolete, rare) Material substances in the aggregate; matter.
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He would be aghast at the spread of materialism and greed, and angry at our indifference to poverty and deprivation.
This story teaches important lessons about materialism and valuing family relationships.
It was this fusion of materialism and altruism, Mammon and God, which allowed improvement to become the leitmotiv of Georgian Britain.
It must be said however, that materialism as a philosophy is largely developing through science, while idealism is sort of married to religion.
They probably all drive People Carriers and conversation is solely about one-upmanship, acquisitive materialism and diets.
But it's Broom, with her self-depreciating good humour and withering disdain for modern materialism, that makes the book so compelling.

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