Hypertext Webster Gateway: "materialist"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Materialist \Ma*te"ri*al*ist\, n. [Cf. F. mat['e]rialiste.]
1. One who denies the existence of spiritual substances or
agents, and maintains that spiritual phenomena, so called,
are the result of some peculiar organization of matter.
2. One who holds to the existence of matter, as distinguished
from the idealist, who denies it. --Berkeley.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
materialist
n 1: someone with great regard for worldly possessions
2: someone who thinks that nothing exists but physical matter
[syn: {irreligionist}]
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