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noun
1.
a person who is markedly more concerned with material things than with spiritual, intellectual, or cultural values.
2.
an adherent of philosophical materialism.
adjective
3.
concerned with material things; materialistic.
4.
of or pertaining to philosophical materialism or its adherents.
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Materialist
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| given to using long words. |
| a white, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C14H9Cl5, usually derived from chloral by reaction with chlorobenzene in the presence of fuming sulfuric acid: used as an insecticide and as a scabicide and pediculicide: agricultural use prohibited in the U.S. |
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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
materialist
1660s, in various philosophical and theological senses of from material (q.v.). Also cf. materialism.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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