materialism

Other forms of materialism

plural

materialisms·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about materialism

What does materialism mean?

materialism means "a desire for wealth and material possessions with little interest in ethical or spiritual matters". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in materialism?

materialism has 6 syllables, though it cannot be divided in writing — the spelling has fewer vowels than the word has beats. In IPA it is /məˈtɪɹiəˌlɪzəm/.

What is another word for materialism?

Close synonyms include philistinism, physicalism. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is materialism a common word?

materialism is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with materialism?

48 words rhyme with materialism. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.