materialism
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The most arresting argument against materialism arrives with the third scientific finding the documentary presents, the discovery of the astonishing complexity of even the simplest forms of life.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026
"It's been crowded like this for the last couple of states," he told those in attendance, urging listeners to avoid "chasing materialism" and to abandon thoughts of greed, anger and hatred.
From Barron's • Feb. 3, 2026
“The idealism of the 1960s was yielding to the materialism of the 1980s, a new preoccupation with the navel-gazing, ego-stroking life,” Grynbaum writes.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 14, 2025
"All our basic needs are taken care of. It is clean and peaceful – the children can play basketball or go swimming after school. We don't need shopping malls or all that materialism."
From BBC • May 20, 2025
I was attracted to the scientific underpinnings of dialectical materialism, for I am always inclined to trust what I can verify.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
Vocabulary lists containing materialism
Some Political and Philosophical -isms
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Theodore Roosevelt on "New Nationalism" (1910)
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Chapter 28: The Cold War Era
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