What is the difference between idealism and materialism?
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The property of a person of having high ideals that are usually unrealizable or at odds with practical life.
(philosophy) An approach to philosophical enquiry which asserts that direct and immediate knowledge can only be had of ideas or mental pictures.
Constant concern over material possessions and wealth; a great or excessive regard for worldly concerns.
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(philosophy) The philosophical belief that nothing exists beyond what is physical.
(obsolete, rare) Material substances in the aggregate; matter.
Materialism is a antonym of idealism.
In philosophy terms the difference between idealism and materialism
is that idealism is an approach to philosophical enquiry which asserts that direct and immediate knowledge can only be had of ideas or mental pictures while materialism is the philosophical belief that nothing exists beyond what is physical.As nouns the difference between idealism and materialism
is that idealism is the property of a person of having high ideals that are usually unrealizable or at odds with practical life while materialism is constant concern over material possessions and wealth; a great or excessive regard for worldly concerns.idealism
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(wikipedia idealism)Noun
Synonyms
* (philosophy) philosophical idealismAntonyms
* (philosophy) materialismDerived terms
* epistemological idealism * metaphysical idealismSee also
* realism * pragmatism * materialism * physicalismReferences
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* English words suffixed with -ismmaterialism
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(wikipedia materialism)Noun
- The irregular fears of a future state had been supplanted by the materialism of Epicurus.