materialistic

[muh-teer-ee-uh-lis-tik]

adjective

excessively concerned with physical comforts or the acquisition of wealth and material possessions, rather than with spiritual, intellectual, or cultural values.

adhering to the philosophy of materialism, a theory that regards matter as constituting the universe and all its phenomena.

Origin of materialistic

materialist + -ic

Related formsma·te·ri·al·is·ti·cal·ly, adverban·ti·ma·te·ri·al·is·tic, adjectivean·ti·ma·te·ri·al·is·ti·cal·ly, adverbnon·ma·te·ri·al·is·tic, adjectivenon·ma·te·ri·al·is·ti·cal·ly, adverbsem·i·ma·te·ri·al·is·tic, adjectiveun·ma·te·ri·al·is·tic, adjectiveun·ma·te·ri·al·is·ti·cal·ly, adverb

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Examples from the Web for materialistically

Historical Examples of materialistically

We view the soul so materialistically, even while we insist that it is not material.
The Will to Doubt
Alfred H. Lloyd
"Ordered," a purely mechanistic and materialistically realised cosmos cannot be.
Science and Morals and Other Essays
Bertram Coghill Alan Windle
By degrees men and women are making ready to take their places in an emulative rather than a materialistically competitive order.
An Essay On The American Contribution And The Democratic Idea
Winston Churchill

Word Origin and History for materialistically

materialistic

adj.

1829, from materialist + -ic. Related: Materialistically.