- (philosophy) the philosophical theory that matter is the only reality

- a desire for wealth and material possessions with little interest in ethical or spiritual matters

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.