Materialist
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /məˈtiːɹɪəlɪst/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Materialist is a noun meaning Someone who is materialistic, concerned only with material possessions.
Meaning
Someone who is materialistic, concerned only with material possessions.
More Meanings
- A follower or proponent of philosophical materialism.
- (philosophy) Of or concerning materialism.
- Synonym of materialistic, concerned only with material things.
Example Sentences
Ironically, today's generation has become the little materialists and "fame whores" (New York Magazine's term) their boomer parents so reviled.
It is weary work enough to argue with an ordinary materialist, who hurls statistics and whole strata of geological facts at your head, whilst you can only buffet him with deductions and instincts and the snowflakes of faith, that are, alas! so apt to melt in the hot embers of our troubles.
Word Forms
- materialists
Synonyms for materialist
Depending on context, synonyms include hylic, hyloist, hylist, hylicist, materialistic, hylozoic.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include irreligionist, material, physicalist, naturalist, pragmatist, empiricist.
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