materialism

(noun)

Constant concern over material possessions and wealth and a great or excessive regard for worldly concerns.

Related Terms

  • bourgeois
  • inflation

Examples of materialism in the following topics:

  • Humanitarian Efforts

    • Humanitarian aid is material or logistical assistance in response to crises including natural and man-made disasters.
    • Humanitarian aid is material or logistical assistance in response to crises including natural and man-made disasters.
  • Motivations Behind the Formation of Interest Groups

    • Members comprising interest groups join for solidarity, material, or purposive incentives.
    • Selective material benefits are benefits that are usually given in monetary benefits.
    • For instance, if an interest group gives a material benefit to their member, they could give them travel discounts, free meals at certain restaurants, or free subscriptions to magazines, newspapers, or journals.
  • The Oversight Function

    • The government's charter does not explicitly grant Congress the authority to conduct inquiries or investigations of the executive, to have access to records or materials held by the executive, or to issue subpoenas for documents or testimony from the executive.
    • For instance, in 1927 the High Court found that in investigating the administration of the Justice Department, Congress was considering a subject "on which legislation could be had or would be materially aided by the information which the investigation was calculated to elicit. "
  • Equality

    • Equality of outcome, in contrast, refers to a state in which people have approximately the same material wealth or, more generally, the state in which the general economic conditions of people's lives are similar.
    • To achieve equality of outcome, it is necessary to reduce or eliminate material inequalities between individuals or households in a society.
  • Nationalization of the News

    • News operations have begun to feel the burden of needing to generate news content on a 24-hour news cycle, while keeping material fresh on their regularly scheduled newscasts.
  • The Middle Class

    • Recently, the typical lifestyle of the American middle class has been criticized for its "conspicuous consumption" and materialism, as Americans have the largest homes and most appliances and automobiles in the world.
  • Types of Media

    • Many of these networks are controlled by large, for-profit corporations that reap revenue from advertising, subscriptions, and the sale of copyrighted material.
  • Primary Sources of American Law

    • This was because appellate decisions from many American courts were not regularly reported until the mid-19th century; lawyers and judges, as creatures of habit, used English legal materials to fill the gap.
    • Today, in the words of Stanford law professor Lawrence Friedman: American cases rarely cite foreign materials.
  • Foreign Policy After the Cold War

    • Bush used the term to try to define the nature of the post Cold War era, and the spirit of a great power cooperation they hoped might materialize .
    • Bush used the term to try to define the nature of the post Cold War era, and the spirit of a great power cooperation they hoped might materialize .
  • Members

    • Selective material benefits are sometimes given in order to address the free rider problem.
    • Interest groups give material benefits like travel discounts, free meals at certain restaurants, or free subscriptions to magazines, newspapers, or journals.
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