materialistic
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materialistic
- /məˌtɪəɹ.i.əˈlɪs.tɪk/
adjective more materialistic · most materialistic
- Being overly concerned with material possessions and wealth. Where American Jewish men contend with stereotypes of being oversexed, needy, nebbishy and neurotic (like Woody Allen, boo hiss), Jewish women are cast as withholding, bossy, exotic, and materialistic (like Fran Drescher, which honestly? Goals).
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Synonym of materialist, of or concerning materialism.
But to me his very spiritualism seemed more materialistic than his physics.
Similar: materialist, of or concerning materialism
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Closest in meaning: worldly, middle-class, bourgeois, mercenary, conservative, worldly-minded, utilitarian, tangible, sensate, substance, material, crassly, physical, acquisitive, covetous, money-minded
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adj being overly concerned with possessions
| Español | materialista |
|---|---|
| Português | materialista |
| Français | matérialiste |
| Deutsch | materialistisch |
| Italiano | materialista |
| Ελληνικά | υλιστικός ylistikós |
| Română | materialist |
| Русский | мерканти́льный merkantílʹnyj, материалисти́чный materialistíčnyj |
Talk about this word "materialistic." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/materialistic. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. materialistic. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/materialistic "materialistic." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/materialistic.Cite this
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