Materialism vs. Spiritualism: What's the Difference?

(Philosophy) The doctrine that physical matter is the only reality and that everything, including thought, feeling, mind, and will, can be explained in terms of matter and physical phenomena.

The belief that the dead communicate with the living, as through a medium.

The theory or attitude that physical well-being and worldly possessions constitute the greatest good and highest value in life.

The practices or doctrines of those holding such a belief.

Concern for possessions or material wealth and physical comfort, especially to the exclusion of spiritual or intellectual pursuits.

A philosophy, doctrine, or religion emphasizing the spiritual aspect of being.

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

(philosophy) A doctrine, opposing materialism, that claims transcendency of the divine being, the altogether spiritual character of reality and the value of inwardness of consciousness.

(philosophy) The philosophical belief that nothing exists beyond what is physical.

A belief that the dead communicate with the living, especially through a medium. Used in a broader sense than spiritism/Kardecism.

Material substances in the aggregate; matter.

The quality or state of being spiritual.

The doctrine of materialists; materialistic views and tenets; called also philosophical materialism.

The quality or state of being spiritual.

The tendency to give undue importance to material interests as contrasted with spiritual concerns; devotion to the material nature and its wants.

The doctrine, in opposition to the materialists, that all which exists is spirit, or soul - that what is called the external world is either a succession of notions impressed on the mind by the Deity, as maintained by Berkeley, or else the mere educt of the mind itself, as taught by Fichte.

Material substances in the aggregate; matter.

A belief that departed spirits hold intercourse with mortals by means of physical phenomena, as by rappng, or during abnormal mental states, as in trances, or the like, commonly manifested through a person of special susceptibility, called a medium; spiritism; the doctrines and practices of spiritualists.

A desire for wealth and material possessions with little interest in ethical or spiritual matters

(theology) any doctrine that asserts the separate existence of God

(philosophy) the philosophical theory that matter is the only reality

The belief that the spirits of dead people can communicate with people who are still alive (especially via a medium)

Concern with things of the spirit