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Definition of materialistic in English: materialisticadjective məˌtɪərɪəˈlɪstɪkməˌtɪriəˈlɪstɪk Excessively concerned with material possessions; money-oriented. we're living in a highly materialistic society Example sentencesExamples - In this materialistic era, even teachers have changed their lifestyle.
- I've never been that materialistic, but I need something, some kind of tool to improve my self-esteem.
- These seem like odd responses since she doesn't come across as materialistic, but perhaps that's why.
- I am not going to paint a broad stroke and say our society is materialistic, is driven by consumer needs or is a slave to marketing.
- Sensual and materialistic, they want all the power, comfort and control they can get out of life.
Synonyms worldly, consumerist, money-oriented, money-grubbing capitalistic, bourgeois acquisitive, greedy, grasping, avaricious, rapacious informal, derogatory yuppie
Derivativesadverb I admit that I am as materialistically driven as the next person. Example sentencesExamples - They are believed to have progressed immensely both materialistically as wells as monetarily during last fifteen years.
- Overall, there is little doubt that the lazy, gluttonous, selfish, possessive, lecherous, rich and materialistically orientated job candidates would have been suitably appalled by these prohibitions.
- The younger generations have benefited materialistically from globalisation and the low price of goods that would otherwise have been collected over a longer period.
- But many other representationalists are motivated by materialism and by the desire to reduce qualia to intentionality, holding that intentionality is the more materialistically tractable of the two.
Definition of materialistic in US English: materialisticadjectiveməˌtirēəˈlistikməˌtɪriəˈlɪstɪk Excessively concerned with material possessions; money-oriented. we're living in a highly materialistic society Example sentencesExamples - I am not going to paint a broad stroke and say our society is materialistic, is driven by consumer needs or is a slave to marketing.
- I've never been that materialistic, but I need something, some kind of tool to improve my self-esteem.
- Sensual and materialistic, they want all the power, comfort and control they can get out of life.
- In this materialistic era, even teachers have changed their lifestyle.
- These seem like odd responses since she doesn't come across as materialistic, but perhaps that's why.
Synonyms worldly, consumerist, money-oriented, money-grubbing
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