materialist

[ muh-teer-ee-uh-list ]

/ məˈtɪər i ə lɪst /

a person who is markedly more concerned with material things than with spiritual, intellectual, or cultural values.

an adherent of philosophical materialism.

concerned with material things; materialistic.

of or relating to philosophical materialism or its adherents.

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

Related formsma·te·ri·al·is·tic, adjectivean·ti·ma·te·ri·al·ist, noun, adjective

This is saying in so many words that the science of the materialist is adequate for the proof that his opponent knows nothing.
The Positive Outcome of Philosophy|Joseph Dietzgen
Enrique a materialist, when there is not a more generous man in the world!
The Joy of Captain Ribot|Armando Palacio Valds
The materialist still makes use of the notion of eternity, and frequently handles it as though it were a perfectly known quantity.
Studies in the Theory of Descent (Volumes 1 and 2)|August Weismann
He is a God spun out of the fertile brain of the materialist.
From the Bottom Up|Alexander Irvine

A materialist, he would look a woman over as he would a soldier when he had been a major-general making an inspection.
The Last Shot|Frederick Palmer

1660s and after in various philosophical and theological senses, on model of French matérialiste, from material (n.) + -ist. Also cf. materialism.