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materialistic::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | bourgeois, conservative |
| Derivation | materialism |
materialistic::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | mercenary, worldly-minded |
| Derivation | materialism |
Examples of materialistic
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That might sound materialistic, but that's all you've got when you're out there.
From the washingtontimes.com
Oprah herself is partly responsible for the materialistic nature of our country.
From the philly.com
Two like-minded materialistic people suffered the least satisfying of marriages.
From the psychcentral.com
She told Klobe at Centro that the business was too superficial and materialistic.
From the stltoday.com
I feel they have become materialistic and have lost the meaning behind the gifts.
From the suntimes.com
Others expected an end to slang, unjust monarchies and materialistic Christmases.
From the abcnews.go.com
Then they realized their comfortable, materialistic lives were really changing.
From the businessweek.com
Americans are still as materialistic as ever, but not when it hurts the wallet.
From the economist.com
A sad commentary on the decadent capitalist materialistic 21st century society.
From the guardian.co.uk
- Marked by materialism
- Bourgeois: conforming to the standards and conventions of the middle class; "a bourgeois mentality"
- (materialism) a desire for wealth and material possessions with little interest in ethical or spiritual matters
- (materialism) (philosophy) the philosophical theory that matter is the only reality
- (Materialism) In philosophy, the theory of materialism holds that the only thing that exists is matter; that all things are composed of material and all phenomena (including consciousness) are the result of material interactions. In other words, matter is the only substance. ...
- (Materialism) Philosophical view that minds are purely physical.
- (MATERIALISM) The claim that only material (physical) things exist. Often used in PHILOSOPHY OF MIND in contrast to the claim that mental objects and events cannot be reduced to physical objects and events.
- (materialism) the view that all that exists are matter and energy and the blind physical forces that govern them.
- (materialism) The metaphysical theory that views reality as only matter and its determinations; naturalism; physicalism.
