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n. 1 (context philosophy English) Any belief system that opposes philosophical materialism. 2 Opposition to economical materialism or consumerism.
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In philosophy, antimaterialism can mean one of several metaphysical or religious beliefs that are specifically opposed to materialism, the notion that only matter exists. These beliefs include:
- Immaterialism, a philosophy branching from George Berkeley of which his idealism is a type
- Dualism (philosophy of mind), a philosophy which includes the claim that mental phenomena are, in some respects, non-physical
- Gnosticism, a general class of religious movements which hold that human beings have divine souls trapped in a material world
- Idealism, which holds that the ultimate nature of reality is based on mind or ideas
- Maya (illusion), a concept in various Indian religions regarding the dualism of the Universe
- Platonic realism, which holds that certain universals have a real existence, in the sense of philosophical realism
- Supernaturalism
- Transcendentalism, a group of ideas involving an ideal spiritual state that 'transcends' the physical and empirical realms
In economics, antimaterialism may refer to simple living or beliefs opposed to consumerism, known as anti-consumerism.
Usage examples of "antimaterialism".
In the antimaterialism department, I doubted Barry's death had been staged by a group of rehabbed shopaholics.
But Laidlaw also presents a kind of flesh-hating antimaterialism more typical of contemporary horror stories: the punky ex-addict Lenore, possessed by the mandalas, is "sickened to think of her own bones trapped and smothered in flesh, except for teeth standing like outcrops of rock, small peaks protruding from a thick red sea.
If Steinbeck were trying to make antimaterialism his major theme, he probably would not have made Kino's fear and rage seem so justified a response to oppression.