| 单词 | materialistic |
| 释义 | materialistic (once / 4459 pages) adj Who doesn’t love the nice things that money can buy? But if all you care about is the stuff you have and the stuff you want to buy, you are materialistic. Anyone who is obsessively focused on money, or cares deeply about owning luxury goods can be described as materialistic. Material is a synonym for matter: anything that exists. Originally, materialism was a philosophy that "only matter exists." But in 1851, American fiction writer Nathaniel Hawthorne tweaked the definition to mean “a way of life based entirely on consumer goods," a meaning that endures. WORD FAMILYmaterialistic: materialistically+/dematerialise: dematerialised, dematerialises/dematerialize: dematerialized, dematerializes, dematerializing/immaterial: immaterialise, immateriality, immaterialize, immaterially/immaterialise: immaterialised/immaterialize: immaterialized, immaterializes/material: immaterial, materialise, materialism, materiality, materialize, materially, materials, nonmaterial/materialisation: materialisations/materialise: dematerialise, materialisation, materialised, materialises, materialising/materialism: materialisms, materialist, materialistic/materialist: materialists/materiality: materialities/materialization: materializations/materialize: dematerialize, materialization, materialized, materializes, materializing USAGE EXAMPLESMost Americans are too materialistic to choose a saner way of life that would keep them healthier and happier. New York Times(Feb 09, 2013) Pope Francis has criticized capitalism for contributing to income inequality, the destruction of the environment and a pernicious materialistic worldview. Washington Times(Nov 20, 2016) She is the mother of a feckless loser of an adult son bullied by his brazenly materialistic girlfriend. The Guardian(Nov 10, 2016) 1adj marked by materialism Syn mercenary, worldly-minded secular, temporal, worldly characteristic of or devoted to the temporal world as opposed to the spiritual world 2adj conforming to the standards and conventions of the middle class Syn bourgeois, conservative middle-class occupying a socioeconomic position intermediate between those of the lower classes and the wealthy |
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