materialistic

Definitions

adj

1

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).

2

Synonym of materialist, of or concerning materialism.

But to me his very spiritualism seemed more materialistic than his physics.

Collocations

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ADJ.

arrogant, bossy, exotic, shallow, shallow, superficial, unpleasant, vain

VERB + MATERIALISTIC

don't, seemed, think

MATERIALISTIC + NOUN

days, life, outlook, people, person, physics

PREP.

in, on, than

ADV.

such

Thesaurus

Synonyms

adjective — conforming to the standards and conventions of the middle cl

adjective — marked by materialism

mercenary
worldly-minded

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

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01

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

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But to me his very spiritualism seemed more materialistic than his physics.

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03

He has a very materialistic outlook on life.

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04

Do you think I'm too materialistic?

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05

People are too materialistic these days, in the vulgar, rather than the philosophical sense of the word.

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He was such a materialistic person.

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