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Detailed explanation-1: -Materialism comprises a set of values and goals focused on wealth, possessions, image, and status. These aims are a fundamental aspect of the human value/goal system, standing in relative conflict with aims concerning the well-being of others, as well as one’s own personal and spiritual growth.

Detailed explanation-2: -: overly concerned or preoccupied with material possessions rather than with intellectual or spiritual things.

Detailed explanation-3: -noun. a person who is markedly more concerned with material things than with spiritual, intellectual, or cultural values. an adherent of philosophical materialism.

Detailed explanation-4: -Key Terms. Materialism: Philosophical Materialism states that everything that truly exists is matter; everything is material, thus all phenomena we see are a result of material interactions.

Detailed explanation-5: -Definitions of materialism. a desire for wealth and material possessions with little interest in ethical or spiritual matters. synonyms: philistinism. type of: desire.