Crossword-Solution: MATERIALISM
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Materialism | n. | The doctrine of materialists; materialistic views and tenets. |
| Materialism | n. | The tendency to give undue importance to material interests; devotion to the material nature and its wants. |
| Materialism | n. | Material substances in the aggregate; matter. |
We have 16 clues for the answer “MATERIALISM”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Doctrine that nothing exists except matter and its manifestations | 1 answer |
| Doctrine that self-interest is first law of life. | 1 answer |
| MATERIAL prosperity, exclusive attention to | 1 answer |
| MATTER given a primary position, and spirit a secondary position | 1 answer |
| Marx's "Dialectical ___." | 1 answer |
| Marxism, for instance. | 1 answer |
| Preoccupation with possessions | 1 answer |
| monism | 1 answer |
| the belief that matter is the only extant substance | 1 answer |
| the philosophical theory that matter is the only reality | 1 answer |
| A DESIRE FOR WEALTH AND MATERIAL POSSESSIONS WITH LITTLE INTEREST IN ETHICAL OR SPIRITUAL MATTERS | 11 answers |
| FAST living | 17 answers |
| life of the senses | 21 answers |
| high living | 41 answers |
| full life | 50 answers |
| Reality | 72 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
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Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with MATERIALISM (5)
Precisely the same blinded materialism (working treacherously behind my back) now sought to rob me of the only right of property that my poverty could claim—my right of spiritual property in my perishing aunt.
That,” he added genially, “is why they jumped at the Puritan theology.” “My friend,” said Flambeau, turning in a kind of fury, “what does all that snuff mean?” “My friend,” replied Brown, with equal seriousness, “there is one mark of all genuine religions: materialism.
And Other Stories By Leo Tolstoy CONTENTS INTRODUCTION THE FORGED COUPON AFTER THE DANCE ALYOSHA THE POT MY DREAM THERE ARE NO GUILTY PEOPLE THE YOUNG TSAR INTRODUCTION IN an age of materialism like our own the phenomenon of spiritual power is as significant and inspiring as it is rare.
The day of individualism and equity between man and man must yield to the terrific forces of civilization, the mass play of materialism, the cupidity of commerce with its twin brother politics.
And at least, is not this an unusual gloss upon the eighth commandment? And what sort of comfort, guidance, or illumination did that precept afford my friend throughout these contentions? ‘Thou shalt not steal.’ With all my heart! But _am_ I stealing? The truly quaint materialism of our view of life disables us from pursuing any transaction to an end.
Quotes with MATERIALISM (3)
The theological perspective of participation actually saves the appearances by exceeding them. It recognizes that materialism and spiritualism are false alternatives, since if there is only finite matter there is not even that, and that for phenomena really to be there they must be more than there. Hence, by appealing to an eternal source for bodies, their art, language, sexual and political union, one is not ethereally taking leave of their density. On the contrary, one is i…
The poet is the sayer, the namer, and represents beauty. He is a sovereign, and stands on the centre. For the world is not painted, or adorned, but is from the beginning beautiful; and God has not made some beautiful things, but Beauty is the creator of the universe. Therefore the poet is not any permissive potentate, but is emperor in his own right. Criticism is infested with a cant of materialism, which assumes that manual skill and activity is the first merit of all men, a…
Isn’t materialism the cause of much that is evil in the land of mortal souls?
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Appears in: NYT.
Used 4 times in crossword archives (1947–1980).