materialism
/məˈtɪɹiəˌlɪzəm/muh-TIH-ree-uh-lih-zuhm
/məˈtɪɹiəˌlɪzəm/muh-TIH-ree-uh-lih-zuhm
Meaningattachment to material things
Common meaning: valuing possessions most
- materstuff, timber; subject-matterLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1119 · scan
- ialadjective ending: relating to
- ismnoun ending: belief or practice
Journey through time
- Latinmāteria‘stuff, timber’
- Old Frenchmaterielsource
- Englishmaterial‘stuff from which things are made’
- Englishformed in English from materialmaterialism‘valuing possessions most’ · today
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Formed in English from material + -ism.
Dictionary: Skeat (1898), MATERIAL, p.358 · scan
Roots
- māteria Latin “stuff, timber; subject-matter”
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