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materialist

noun
/məˈtiːɹɪəlɪst/

Etymology

From material + -ist.

  1. derived from māteria
  2. derived from māteriālis
  3. inherited from material
  4. suffixed as materialist — “material + ist”

Definitions

  1. Someone who is materialistic, concerned only with material possessions.

    • Ironically, today's generation has become the little materialists and "fame whores" (New York Magazine's term) their boomer parents so reviled.

  2. A follower or proponent of philosophical materialism.

  3. Of or concerning materialism.

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. Synonym of materialistic, concerned only with material things.

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Derived

antimaterialist, nonmaterialist, postmaterialist, unmaterialist

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA