| 单词 | materialism |
| 释义 | materialism (once / 1231 pages) n Materialism describes the belief that buying and having possessions is not just important, but a key to happiness in life, like the people whose materialism has so clouded their minds that they are more interested in your clothes and shoes than in what you are saying. Materialism has the word material in it. What is material? Well, it's stuff — anything you can see and touch, like a pile of books or a big, green lawn. To be material, a thing has to have physical form, unlike emotions, beliefs, deep conversations, thoughts. So materialism means putting all importance on stuff. Someone who suffers from materialism would rather be out spending money than spending time with loved ones. WORD FAMILYmaterialism: materialisms, materialist, materialistic+/dematerialise: dematerialised, dematerialises/dematerialize: dematerialized, dematerializes, dematerializing/immaterial: immaterialise, immateriality, immaterialize, immaterially/immaterialise: immaterialised/immaterialize: immaterialized, immaterializes/material: immaterial, materialise, materialism, materiality, materialize, materially, materials, nonmaterial/materialisation: materialisations/materialise: dematerialise, materialisation, materialised, materialises, materialising/materialist: materialists/materialistic: materialistically/materiality: materialities/materialization: materializations/materialize: dematerialize, materialization, materialized, materializes, materializing USAGE EXAMPLESWill their children learn about gratitude or generosity, or greed and materialism? Salon(Dec 03, 2016) “This is the want, buy, get generation,” he says; sex is a part of China’s new materialism. Economist(Nov 30, 2016) It would seem that the archbishop's decision to make materialism the subject of his first book is no accident. BBC(Dec 01, 2016) 1n a desire for wealth and material possessions with little interest in ethical or spiritual matters Syn|Hyper philistinism desire something that is desired 2n (philosophy) the philosophical theory that matter is the only reality Syn|Hypo|Hyper physicalism dialectical materialism the materialistic philosophy of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels philosophical doctrine, philosophical theory a doctrine accepted by adherents to a philosophy |
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