Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun materialism

2 senses of materialism

Sense 1
materialism, philistinism -- (a desire for wealth and material possessions with little interest in ethical or spiritual matters)
       => desire -- (something that is desired)

Sense 2
materialism, physicalism -- ((philosophy) the philosophical theory that matter is the only reality)
       => philosophical doctrine, philosophical theory -- (a doctrine accepted by adherents to a philosophy)