Bible Dictionaries
Materialism

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) Material substances in the aggregate; matter.

(2):

(n.) The doctrine of materialists; materialistic views and tenets.

(3):

(n.) The tendency to give undue importance to material interests; devotion to the material nature and its wants.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Materialism'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​m/materialism.html. 1828.