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Materialistic

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adjective

excessively concerned with physical comforts or the acquisition of material things rather than spiritual, intellectual, moral, or cultural values.

adhering to the philosophy of materialism (the theory that regards matter as constituting the universe and all its phenomena).

Origin:
materialist + -ic

Related forms

ma·te·ri·al·is·ti·cal·ly, adverb

an·ti·ma·te·ri·al·is·tic, adjective

an·ti·ma·te·ri·al·is·ti·cal·ly, adverb

non·ma·te·ri·al·is·tic, adjective

non·ma·te·ri·al·is·ti·cal·ly, adverb

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sem·i·ma·te·ri·al·is·tic, adjective

un·ma·te·ri·al·is·tic, adjective

un·ma·te·ri·al·is·ti·cal·ly, adverb

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Example Sentences

But every generation has disaffected or materialistic members.

Students come to universities with a remarkably materialistic view of what a college education can provide.

The capital seen on television is a counterfeit of a modern western city, flashy and materialistic.

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But every generation has disaffected or materialistic members.

Students come to universities with a remarkably materialistic view of what a college education can provide.

The capital seen on television is a counterfeit of a modern western city, flashy and materialistic.

For example, psychologists have found that feeling materialistic tends to correlate with darker moods.

Teen- agers are promiscuous and prudish, materialistic and altruistic, fearful and optimistic.

Obviously, people of any political persuasion can be materialistic.

The inevitable cost of industrialization and trying to pursue a materialistic capitalist dream.

On the other hand, he may have contributed to the disaster of an increasingly materialistic culture.

The last thing you want is to appear frivolous, ungreen or materialistic in your choice of gift for this righteous citizen.

Americans are still as materialistic as ever, but not when it hurts the wallet.

How this material world can dominate is well demonstrated in the actual materialistic world and science.

With newly resurrected free-enterprise, many of the villagers have become materialistic and the town fathers are corrupt.

Our cold, materialistic society has made pathological anything but mindless, pseudo-contented adherence to the status quo.

On a materialistic side this can attract tourist and generate income too.

There's nothing more materialistic than doing the same job five times because your tools are inferior.

The author's concept of life after death is materialistic and contradictory.

Those born in the before at at mid-century express values that reflect materialistic goals of nation building.

Beyond materialistic needs are other needs that can be chased.

You're not going to take any materialistic things with you.

He refused to give into short-lasting fads and materialistic bull.

There is no gratification in buying a materialistic good that would fall out of style in another few months.

Some try to explain the near death experience in such materialistic explanation which is not essentially true.

India seeks relief from the pressures of its emerging materialistic society with a booming spirituality industry.

The materialistic and selfish quality of contemporary life is not inherent in the human condition.

At odds with a squalid setting and a cynical, materialistic view of the world, themes of hope and renewal emerged.

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World English Dictionary

materialism (məˈtɪərɪəˌlɪzəm)

—n
1.	interest in and desire for money, possessions, etc, rather than spiritual or ethical values
2.	philosophy idealism Compare dualism See also identity theory the monist doctrine that matter is the only reality and that the mind, the emotions, etc, are merely functions of it
3.	ethics the rejection of any religious or supernatural account of things

ma'terialist

—n, —*adj*

material'istic

—*adj*

material'istically

—*adv*

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Word Origin & History

materialistic

1845, from materialist.

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