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dialectical materialism

/ˈdaɪəˌlɛktəkəl məˌtɪriəˈlɪzəm/
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Definitions of dialectical materialism
  1. noun
    the materialistic philosophy of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels
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    type of:
    materialism, physicalism
    (philosophy) the philosophical theory that matter is the only reality
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