Meanings
plural materialists
- Someone who is materialistic, concerned only with material possessions.
Ironically, today's generation has become the little materialists and "fame whores" (New York Magazine's term) their boomer parents so reviled.
2007 March 2, Christopher Orlet, “The Look-at-Me Generation”, in The American Spectator - A follower or proponent of philosophical materialism.
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.
1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC
comparative more materialist · superlative most materialist
- human sciencesOf or concerning materialism.
- Synonym of materialistic, concerned only with material things.
Synonyms: materialistic, concerned only with material things
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveSynonym of materialistic, concerned only with material things.
Origin
Translations
Catalan materialista, materialista
- materialistasomeone who is materialistic
- materialistaof or concerning materialism
Chinese Mandarin 唯物主義者 /唯物主义者, 唯物主義的 /唯物主义的
- 唯物主義者 /唯物主义者 (wéiwùzhǔyìzhě)someone who is materialistic
- 唯物主義的 /唯物主义的 (wéiwùzhǔyìde)follower of philosophical materialism
Dutch materialist, materialist
- materialistsomeone who is materialistic
- materialistfollower of philosophical materialism
- materialistischof or concerning materialism
Esperanto materialisma
- materialismaof or concerning materialism
Finnish materialisti, materialisti
- materialistisomeone who is materialistic
- materialistifollower of philosophical materialism
- materialistinenof or concerning materialism
French matérialiste, matérialiste
- matérialistesomeone who is materialistic
- matérialistefollower of philosophical materialism
- matérialisteof or concerning materialism
German Materialist, Materialistin
- Materialistsomeone who is materialistic
- Materialistinsomeone who is materialistic
- Materialistfollower of philosophical materialism
- Materialistinfollower of philosophical materialism
- materialistischof or concerning materialism
Greek υλιστής, ματεριαλιστικός
- υλιστής (ylistís)someone who is materialistic
- ματεριαλιστικός (materialistikós)of or concerning materialism
- υλιστικός (ylistikós)of or concerning materialism
Irish ábharaí, duine saolta
- ábharaísomeone who is materialistic
- duine saoltasomeone who is materialistic
- ábharaífollower of philosophical materialism
- duine saoltafollower of philosophical materialism
- ábharaíochof or concerning materialism
Italian materialista
- materialistasomeone who is materialistic
Polish materialista, materialistka
- materialistasomeone who is materialistic
- materialistkasomeone who is materialistic
- materialistafollower of philosophical materialism
- materialistkafollower of philosophical materialism
- materialistycznyof or concerning materialism
Portuguese materialista, materialista
- materialistasomeone who is materialistic
- materialistafollower of philosophical materialism
- materialistaof or concerning materialism
Romanian materialist, materialistă
- materialistsomeone who is materialistic
- materialistăsomeone who is materialistic
- materialistof or concerning materialism
Russian материали́ст, материали́стка
- материали́ст (materialíst)someone who is materialistic
- материали́стка (materialístka)someone who is materialistic
- материали́ст (materialíst)follower of philosophical materialism
- материали́стка (materialístka)follower of philosophical materialism
- материалисти́ческий (materialistíčeskij)of or concerning materialism
Spanish materialista, materialista
- materialistasomeone who is materialistic
- materialistaof or concerning materialism
Cite this entry
materialist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/materialist
“materialist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/materialist. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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