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 forms

ma·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, adjective

non·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

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
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