materialism

About 3.76 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun Constant concern over material possessions and wealth; a great or excessive regard for worldly concerns.
2. noun The philosophical belief that nothing exists beyond what is physical.
3. noun Synonym of matter, material substances in the aggregate.

Similar words

physicalism philistinism material hylicism somatism acquisitiveness greed avarice cupidity consumerism

Often followed by

and of is in as which that to was

Word family

materialisms materialist materialists