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materialist

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English

Etymology

From material + -ist.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /məˈtiːɹɪəlɪst/
  • Audio (US):(file)

Noun

materialist (plural materialists)

  1. Someone who is materialistic, concerned only with material possessions.
    • 2007 March 2, Christopher Orlet, “The Look-at-Me Generation”, in The American Spectator:
      Ironically, today's generation has become the little materialists and "fame whores" (New York Magazine's term) their boomer parents so reviled.
  2. A follower or proponent of philosophical materialism.
    • 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:
      It is weary work enough to argue with an ordinary materialist, who hurls statistics and whole strata of geological facts at your head, whilst you can only buffet him with deductions and instincts and the snowflakes of faith, that are, alas! so apt to melt in the hot embers of our troubles.

Translations

Adjective

materialist (comparative more materialist, superlative most materialist)

  1. Having features typical of philosophical materialism.

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Derived terms

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed, likely from French.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /maːˌteː.ri.aːˈlɪst/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: ma‧te‧ri‧a‧list
  • Rhymes: -ɪst

Noun

materialist m (plural materialisten, no diminutive)

  1. materialist (one who believes that only matters exists)
  2. materialist (pursuer of money or possessions)

Derived terms

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French matérialiste or German Materialist.

Pronunciation

Adjective

materialist m or n (feminine singular materialistă, masculine plural materialiști, feminine/neuter plural materialiste)

  1. materialistic

Declension

More information singular, plural ...

Noun

materialist m (plural materialiști, feminine equivalent materialistă)

  1. materialist

Declension

More information singular, plural ...
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Swedish

Etymology

materiell + -ist

Noun

materialist c

  1. a materialist (follower or proponent of philosophical materialism)
  2. a materialist (someone materialistic)

Declension

References

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