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Definition of materialistic - Reverso English Dictionary
Adjective
1.
wealth focusoverly concerned with material possessions and wealth
- She is very materialistic, always buying the latest gadgets.
2.
philosophicalTECH. relating to the view that only physical matter existsTECH.
- Her materialistic philosophy denied the existence of souls.
Origin of materialistic
Latin, materia (matter) + -istic (pertaining to)
Terms with materialistic included in their meaning
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stereotype
young woman perceived as superficial or materialistic
status
showing middle class values like being conventional or materialistic
society
person with conventional and materialistic values
social class
middle class with conventional attitudes and materialistic values
materialistic
focused on material possessions and wealth
materialistic person
individual focused on acquiring material possessions
society
person with conventional, often materialistic or conservative attitudes
values
showing a materialistic attitude
materialism
person with materialistic middle-class values
stereotype
a young woman from Essex seen as silly, promiscuous, and materialistic
lifestyle
in a worldly or materialistic manner
materialistic view
holding that only material phenomena can be known
materialistic
more concerned with material values or ordinary life
materialistic
most concerned with material values
Rastafari
Western civilization seen as corrupt and materialistic
Examples of materialistic in a sentence
They criticized her for being too materialistic. The lecture compared materialistic and spiritual accounts of consciousness. His materialistic worldview rejected any supernatural cause.
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- French:matérialiste, physicaliste, ...
- German:materialistisch, physikalistisch, ...
- Italian:materialista, fisicalista, ...
- Spanish:materialista, fisicalista, ...
- Portuguese:materialista, ...
- Chinese:物质主义的, 唯物主义的, ...
- Japanese:物質主義的な, 唯物論的な, ...
- Arabic:مادِّيّ, مادِّيّ, ...
- Hebrew:חוֹמְרָנִי, מַטֶרְיָאלִיסְטִי, ...
- Russian:материалистичный, ...
- Ukrainian:матеріалістичний, ...
- Hindi:भौतिकवादी, पदार्थवादी, ...
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