Materialism vs Theism - What's the difference?
materialism | theism |
Constant concern over material possessions and wealth; a great or excessive regard for worldly concerns.
* Buckminster
(philosophy) The philosophical belief that nothing exists beyond what is physical.
(obsolete, rare) Material substances in the aggregate; matter.
(belief system) Belief in the existence of at least one deity.
(belief system) Belief in the existence of a personal creator god, goddess, gods and/or goddesses present and active in the governance and organization of the world and the universe. The God may be known by or through revelation.
* 1999 , Jeaneane D. Fowler, Humanism: Beliefs & Practices,
As nouns the difference between materialism and theism
is that materialism is constant concern over material possessions and wealth; a great or excessive regard for worldly concerns while theism is belief in the existence of at least one deity.materialism
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(wikipedia materialism)Noun
- The irregular fears of a future state had been supplanted by the materialism of Epicurus.
Synonyms
* (philosophy) physicalism * (philosophy) philosophical materialismAntonyms
* (philosophy) idealismDerived terms
* philosophical materialismSee also
* idealism * physicalismExternal links
* * English words suffixed with -ism ----theism
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Noun
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- The term stands in contradistinction to theism which, in its widest sense, means belief in a personal god, goddess, gods and/or goddesses.