1. A desire for wealth and material possessions with little interest in ethical or spiritual matters
   - philistinism 
2. (philosophy) the philosophical theory that matter is the only reality
   - physicalism

Derived forms: materialisms

See also: materialist, materialistic

Type of: desire, philosophical doctrine, philosophical theory

Encyclopedia: Materialism

• risible
• rising
• rising prices
• rising slope
• rising tide
• rising trot
• risk
• risk arbitrage
• risk capital
• risk of exposure
• risk of infection
• risk taker
• risk-free
• riskily
• riskiness
• riskless
• risklessness
• risky
• risky venture
• risotto
• risqué
• Riss glaciation
• tabula rasa
• tabular
• tabular array