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materialist

[ muh-teer-ee-uh-list ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a person who is markedly more concerned with material things than with spiritual, intellectual, or cultural values.
an adherent of philosophical materialism.

From the New Latin word māteriālista, dating back to 1660–70. See material, -ist

As little as that sentence makes sense, it seems West is attempting to label Hitchens as a one dimensional materialist.

Every pull in the shoulders, every hitch in the back, every kink in the sleeves makes me a profound materialist.

His psychology is that of the crass materialist—always a rather funny article.

She is a materialist; she wants immediate results, and all that keeps her from being a gambler is the fear of losing.

Materialism, conscious and avowed Materialism, is in ill repute: and a confessed Materialist therefore a rare character.

Why else does he write his learned books in defense of the materialist philosophy?

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