noun
Philosophical doctrine that matter is the fundamental substance in nature, and that all phenomena, including mental aspects, are results of material interactions.
唯物主義は、精神よりも物質を根本的なものと見なす。
Materialism regards matter as more fundamental than mind.
Compound of 唯物 (material, from 唯 'solely' + 物 'thing') and 主義 (doctrine, principle). A calque from Western philosophical terminology.