materialistic
/məˌtɪəɹ.i.əˈlɪs.tɪk/
materialistic adjective: being overly concerned with material possessions and wealth.
Adjective
materialistic (comparative more materialistic, superlative 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).2019 August 20, Fancy Feast, “On Being a Fetish”, in Jewish Currents, number Summer 2019, archived from the original on 08 Aug 2020
- Synonym of materialist, of or concerning materialism.
- But to me his very spiritualism seemed more materialistic than his physics.1852, Charles Kingsley, Phaeton, or Loose Thoughts for Loose Thinkers
- Synonyms:
- materialist, of or concerning materialism
materialistic meaning in Urdu, Malayalam and Indonesian
materialistic in Urdu
- دہریانہ, مادہ پرستانہ
materialistic in Malayalam
- acquisitive, consumerist, money-oriented
- ഭൗതിക, പ്രാപഞ്ചിക, ഐഹികമായ, ഉപഭോക്തൃസംസ്കാരമായ, അർത്ഥകാമ, ദുരമൂത്ത
materialistic in Indonesian
- being overly concerned with possessions
- materialistis
Examples of materialistic in a sentence
- In a materialistic society, individuals are taught to consume, consume, consume.
- Materialistic people who exploit others will come to a bad end.
- I'm not materialistic, though I do enjoy the finer things in life.
Synonyms of materialistic
- materialist
- of or concerning materialism
Forms of materialistic
| comparative | more materialistic |
|---|---|
| superlative | most materialistic |
Origin of materialistic
From material + -istic.
Words formed from materialistic
Questions about materialistic
- What does materialistic mean?
- Materialistic means being overly concerned with material possessions and wealth.
- What is materialistic in Urdu?
- Materialistic in Urdu is دہریانہ, مادہ پرستانہ. See Materialistic meaning in Urdu.
- What part of speech is materialistic?
- Materialistic is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce materialistic?
- Materialistic is pronounced /məˌtɪəɹ.i.əˈlɪs.tɪk/.
Words near materialistic in the dictionary
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