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• n  a desire for wealth and material possessions with little interest in ethical or spiritual matters
• n  (philosophy) the philosophical theory that matter is the only reality

• We have become polluted by American culture, contaminated by materialism.
• Yet many today share his uneasiness with the way mechanization and materialism sicken the human spirit.
• What remains is a materialism framed in a kind of Tony Robbins positivism.

• philistinism
• physicalism

News & Articles

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• Freedom, properly understood, means people working together
  Our free enterprise economy takes a lot of criticism for promoting greed, materialism, and competition. But no matter who you...
  July 5, 2013 - Deseret News

Quotes

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• Abdullah Ahmad Badawi in Sydney Morning Herald
  ...Abdullah, 69, said that elections a year ago, which handed the opposition control of one-third of parliament and, in effect, ended his career, were a sign that "UMNO's glory has dimmed". "Materialism has seeped into the party,...
• Martin Luther King in Online Athens
  Pulling no punches in his speech, King told his cheering congregation, "When machines and computers, property motives and property rights are considered more important than people, the giant triplets of racism, materialism and militarism are...
• Howard Dean in Christian Broadcasting Network
  The truth is, we have an enormous amount in common with the Christian community, and particularly with the evangelical Christian community,Dean said. "And one of the biggest things that Democrats worry about is the materialism of our...