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.
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Etymology
Origin of materialist
From the New Latin word māteriālista, dating back to 1660–70. See material, -ist
Example Sentences
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Materialist thinkers like Hobbes—who argued that ghosts “are in no place; that is to say, that are no where; that is to say, that seeming to be somewhat, are nothing”—were met with fierce opposition.
From Economist • Oct. 26, 2017
A heroic worker from sculptor Wang Guangyi's Materialist series stands in the barbecue garden.
From Time Magazine Archive
Like that book, The Master of the House treats of the Christ story; but Authoress Hall, longtime a Council member of the Society for Psychical Research, has ideas about Christ that would wilt Materialist Moore.
From Time Magazine Archive
The readings are intensive and far-ranging, include Materialist Ludwig Feuerbach, Existentialist Paul Tillich, as well as the doctor angelicus, St. Thomas.
From Time Magazine Archive
But it is not sufficient merely to call the righteous to repentance, and Gud indulged his imagination to think of some way to impress the skeptical Spiritualists with the truth of the Materialist faith.
From The Book of Gud by Hersey, Harold
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