materialism
n. இயற்பொருள் வாதம, உலோகாயதம், கலைத் துறையில் பொருண்மைக் கூற்றையே வலியுறுத்தும் பாங்கு.
Ma*te"ri*al*ism, n. Etym: [Cf. F. matérialisme.] 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.