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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This

ma⋅te⋅ri⋅al⋅ist

[muh-teer-ee-uh-list]
–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.

Origin:
1660–70; < NL māteriālista. See material, -ist
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ma·te·ri·al·ism     (mə-tîr'ē-ə-lĭz'əm)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. Philosophy The theory that physical matter is the only reality and that everything, including thought, feeling, mind, and will, can be explained in terms of matter and physical phenomena.
  2. The theory or attitude that physical well-being and worldly possessions constitute the greatest good and highest value in life.
  3. A great or excessive regard for worldly concerns.
ma·te'ri·al·ist n., ma·te'ri·al·is'tic adj., ma·te'ri·al·is'ti·cal·ly adv.
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materialistic

adjective
1. marked by materialism 
2. conforming to the standards and conventions of the middle class; "a bourgeois mentality" [syn: bourgeois

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Materialistic

Ma*te`ri*al*is"tic\, Materialistical \Ma*te`ri*al*is"tic*al\, a. Of or pertaining to materialism or materialists; of the nature of materialism.

But to me his very spiritualism seemed more materialistic than his physics. --C. Kingsley.

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