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- Are you confused by academic jargon? - Do you know your `discourse' from your `dialectic'? - Can you tell the difference between `anomie' and `alienation'? The Social Science Jargon Buster tackles the most confusing concepts in the social sciences, brea
Materialism
Materialism
Core definition
A term with three distinct, yet overlapping, meanings: (1) belief that everything that exists is material in nature; (2) that material conditions (economic and technological realities) are central in creating social/cultural realities; and (3) the excessive regard for material ...
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