Physicalism
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A philosophical position holding that everything which exists is no more extensive than its physical properties; that is, that there are no kinds of things other than physical things.
Materialism
Part of speech: noun
Definition: Constant concern over material possessions and wealth; a great or excessive regard for worldly concerns.The philosophical belief that nothing exists beyond what is physical (also called physicalism).
Example sentence: Contemporary science is based on the philosophy of materialism, which claims that all reality is material or physical.