Definitions
(philosophy) the philosophical theory that matter is the only reality
Word origin
Borrowed from French matérialisme. By surface analysis, material + -ism.
Used in a sentence
“With the rise of Cartesian and Hobbesian mechanical philosophy and materialism in the 16th and 17th centuries, the classical argument for the immateriality of the intellect and will was simply ignored and then forgotten.”
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