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materialist |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Materialist \Ma*te"ri*al*ist\, n. [Cf. F. mat['e]rialiste.] 1. One who denies the existence of spiritual substances or agents, and maintains that spiritual phenomena, so called are the result of some peculiar organization of matter. 2. One who holds to the existence of matter, as distinguished from the idealist, who denies it --Berkeley. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: materialist n 1: someone with great regard for worldly possessions 2: someone who thinks that nothing exists but physical matter [syn: {irreligionist}]
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