Materialistic person meaning
materialisticWord family (noun) material materialism materialist materials materialization (adjective) material immaterial materialistic materialist (verb) materialize (adverb) materialistically materially From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishmaterialisticmaterialistic /məˌtɪəriəˈlɪstɪk $ -ˌtɪr-/ adjective GREEDYconcerned only with money and possessions rather than things of the mind such as art, religion, or moral beliefs used to show disapproval Hes so materialistic. the materialistic values of American society materialistically /-kli/ adverbExamples from the Corpusmaterialistic Darwin challenged this approach with his revival of the materialistic alternative. Christmas has become materialistic and commercial. I am not materialistic and I am not snobby, I hope. Western societies are becoming more materialistic as their wealth increases. This reversed the materialistic concept that conditions determine psychology. But the problem is that we are not materialistic enough. The conception about reacting mechanically to events is not a purely materialistic one, as it may seem at first sight. a materialistic person They were still thinking of the kingdom in materialistic terms. Kids these days are very materialistic. They only seem to be interested in expensive toys and computer games. We are of the deeply held belief that many human beings have come to behave as materialistic tyrants. |
