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Humanities > Philosophy > Materialism

Preferred term

Materialism  

Definition(s)

  • A theory that physical matter is the only or fundamental reality and that all being and processes and phenomena can be explained as manifestations or results of matter; a preoccupation with or stress upon material rather than intellectual or spiritual things [Merriam Web]; in art, the tendency to lay stress on the material aspect of the objects represented [OED]

Broader concept(s)

Synonym(s)

  • Materiality

Notation

  • 115843

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JLC-QRLXXP30-C

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