materialistic
/məˌtɪriəˈlɪstɪk/
adjective
- Caring too much about money and possessions, and believing they are more important than other things like relationships or happiness.
- She left her materialistic job to become a teacher and felt much happier.
- Many people today are less materialistic and prefer experiences over buying things.
- His materialistic friends only cared about how much his watch cost.
- Based on or relating to the belief that only physical matter exists and that spiritual or mental things are not real.
- Her materialistic philosophy left no room for concepts like fate or destiny.
- The philosopher argued for a materialistic view of the universe, rejecting any idea of a soul.
- Some scientists hold a materialistic approach, explaining all thoughts as brain activity.
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