Etymology

materialism

ma·te·ri·al·ism
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Today it means: Constant concern over material possessions and wealth; a great or excessive regard for worldly concerns. Full definition →

French matérialisme
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  1. French · borrowed frommatérialisme
  2. English todaymaterialism

Borrowed from French matérialisme. By surface analysis, material + -ism.

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