materialist
Americannoun
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a person who is markedly more concerned with material things than with spiritual, intellectual, or cultural values.
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an adherent of philosophical materialism.
adjective
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concerned with material things; materialistic.
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of or relating to philosophical materialism or its adherents.
Other Word Forms
- antimaterialist noun
- materialistic adjective
Etymology
Origin of materialist
From the New Latin word māteriālista, dating back to 1660–70. See material, -ist
Example Sentences
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“Now that’s a Nüwü spiritual way of looking at things, as opposed to this materialist representation of monetary wealth and consumption and greed.”
From Los Angeles Times
The empirical challenge to the materialist position from terminal lucidity implies that consciousness can exist independently of the brain but isn’t necessarily “evidence for the human soul.”
I became a child of the Enlightenment, a materialist, confident the alternatives amounted to superstition.
Balancing this is the show’s caustic tut-tutting at materialists for wanting these baubles in the first place.
From Salon
Rastafari reject materialist values and often practice a strict oneness with nature.
From Seattle Times
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