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Meanings of materialism in anglès
portuguès
filistinismo A desire for wealth and material possessions with little interest in ethical or spiritual matters.
Usage of materialism in anglès
1
It seems that materialism has grown in the Church, as in society.
2
The Jacobins were idealists; there was about this man a murderous materialism.
3
Or it may lead, as in the case of Helveticus, to materialism.
4
We were poor sceptics trusting to economics-theeconomics of a base materialism.
5
Not only does he despise materialism; he also disdains rationality and calculation.
6
In this island many people are being lost to secularism and materialism.
7
Certainly, individualism tends to be correlated with materialism, and so is narcissism.
8
In Britain there is a long tradition of moralising about mindless materialism.
9
The Stoic system of physics was materialism with an infusion of pantheism.
10
A refined materialism is stamped on all the habits of Flemish life.
11
Many argue that, for residents who have renounced materialism, this is impossible.
12
But as soon as it becomes intelligible, it ceases to be materialism.
13
They adhered to coarse materialism with its confusion of ends and means.
14
Whence comes a latent materialism, ready to grasp the chance of self-expression.
15
Fan is pragmatic when considering the rampant materialism of the new Beijing.
16
But our present bishops are only one more aspect of Victorian materialism.
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Materialism through the time
Materialism across language varieties
United Kingdom
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United States of America
Less common