# materialism

> English word · Noun · IPA /məˈtɪɹiəlɪzəm/ · frequency rank #27,210

## Definitions
1. Constant concern over material possessions and wealth; a great or excessive regard for worldly concerns.
2. The philosophical belief that nothing exists beyond what is physical.
3. Synonym of matter, material substances in the aggregate.

## Etymology
Borrowed from French matérialisme. By surface analysis, material + -ism.

## Easily confused with
- **materials** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/materialism-vs-materials)
- **materialize** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/materialism-vs-materialize)
- **materialist** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/materialism-vs-materialist)

## Common misspellings (16)
`amterialism`, `maetrialism`, `mateiralism`, `materailism`, `materiailsm`, `materialims`, `materialismm`, `materialissm`, `materiallism`, `materialsim`, `materilaism`, `materrialism`, `matreialism`, `matterialism`, `mmaterialism`, `mtaerialism`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/materialism