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

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

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

Adam Marxism Philistinism animalism animality atomism beastliness behaviorism bestiality brutality brutishness carnal nature carnal-mindedness carnality coarseness commonsense realism dialectical materialism earthiness earthliness earthly-mindedness empiricism epiphenomenalism fallen nature fallen state flesh fleshliness grossness historical materialism hylomorphism hylotheism hylozoism idealism lapsed state mechanism mundaneness natural realism naturalism new realism nonspirituality physicalism physicism positive philosophy positivism postlapsarian state pragmaticism pragmatism realism representative realism secularism substantialism swinishness temporality the Old Adam the beast the flesh the offending Adam unspirituality worldliness worldly-mindedness