SPIRITUALISM Antonyms

• a religious orientation of doubt; a denial of ultimate knowledge of the existence of God

• the disbelief in any claims of ultimate knowledge

• a lack of belief in the existence of God or gods

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

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

• (philosophy) the doctrine that the world can be understood in scientific terms without recourse to spiritual or supernatural explanations

• an artistic movement in 19th century France; artists and writers strove for detailed realistic and factual description

• a revolutionary doctrine that advocates destruction of the social system for its own sake

• the delusion that things (or everything, including the self) do not exist; a sense that everything is unreal

• complete denial of all established authority and institutions

• (philosophy) the doctrine that knowledge is acquired by reason without resort to experience

• the theological doctrine that human reason rather than divine revelation establishes religious truth

• the doctrine that reason is the right basis for regulating conduct

• a particular branch of scientific knowledge

• ability to produce solutions in some problem domain

• a doctrine that rejects religion and religious considerations

• doubt about the truth of something

• the disbelief in any claims of ultimate knowledge

• the quality or character of being intellectually sophisticated and worldly through cultivation or experience or disillusionment

• concern with worldly affairs to the neglect of spiritual needs