Materialism
Pronunciation : Ma*te"ri*al*ism
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [Cf. F. mat?rialisme.]
Definition : 1. The doctrine of materialists; materialistic views and tenets. The irregular fears of a future state had been supplanted by the materialism of Epicurus. Buckminster.
2. The tendency to give undue importance to material interests; devotion to the material nature and its wants.
3. Material substances in the aggregate; matter. [R. & Obs.] A. Chalmers.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913