materialism

/mətˈɪɹiəlˌɪzəm/ · 6 syllables

Meaning

noun

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

Synonyms for materialism

• philistinism
• physicalism

Words that rhyme with materialism

• mechanism
• absolutism
• antagonism
• nationalism
• sensationalism
• anachronism
• criticism
• dynamism
• empiricism
• formalism
• humanism
• imperialism
• individualism
• modernism
• nihilism
• pluralism
• romanticism
• separatism
• stigmatism
• symbolism
• alcoholism
• astigmatism
• catechism
• chauvinism
• collectivism
• communism
• consumerism
• despotism
• egoism
• egotism