MATERIALISTIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does materialistic mean? 

• MATERIALISTIC (adjective)
  The adjective MATERIALISTIC has 2 senses:

1. marked by materialism

2. conforming to the standards and conventions of the middle class

  Familiarity information: MATERIALISTIC used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MATERIALISTIC (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Marked by materialism

Synonyms:

materialistic; mercenary; worldly-minded

Similar:

secular; temporal; worldly (characteristic of or devoted to the temporal world as opposed to the spiritual world)

Derivation:

materialism (a desire for wealth and material possessions with little interest in ethical or spiritual matters)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Conforming to the standards and conventions of the middle class

Synonyms:

bourgeois; conservative; materialistic

Context example:

a bourgeois mentality

Similar:

middle-class (occupying a socioeconomic position intermediate between those of the lower classes and the wealthy)

Derivation:

materialism (a desire for wealth and material possessions with little interest in ethical or spiritual matters)

 Context examples 

Long before the school of materialistic monism arose, the ground was removed so that there could be no foundation.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

I know you are not an overly materialistic soul, but everyone needs money to live to enjoy a certain level of comfort.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

His outlook was bleak and materialistic.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

“You speak in purely materialistic terms,” she objected.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

He was a Spencerian like you till Kreis turned him to materialistic monism.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

As usual, his was the sheer materialistic side, and Maud’s was the idealistic.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

As a Gemini, you are not known to be a materialistic sign—you prefer a world of concepts and ideas, communication, and originality, and that is where you are likely to direct your energy.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Your chart is unusual this month, for as a Gemini, you are not known as a very materialistic soul, but more interested in learning and creating new concepts and ideas and later communicating and debating them.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)