Meanings
comparative more materialistic · superlative most materialistic
- Being overly concerned with material possessions and wealth.
Where American Jewish men contend with stereotypes of being oversexed, needy, nebbishy and neurotic (like Woody Allen, boo hiss), Jewish women are cast as withholding, bossy, exotic, and materialistic (like Fran Drescher, which honestly? Goals).
2019 August 20, Fancy Feast, “On Being a Fetish”, in Jewish Currents, number Summer 2019, archived from the original on 08 Aug 2020 - human sciencesSynonym of materialist, of or concerning materialism.
But to me his very spiritualism seemed more materialistic than his physics.
1852, Charles Kingsley, Phaeton, or Loose Thoughts for Loose ThinkersSynonyms: materialist, of or concerning materialism
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveSynonym of materialist, of or concerning materialism.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectiveconforming to the standards and conventions of the middle class
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
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Translations
Catalan materialista
- materialistabeing overly concerned with possessions
Czech materialistický, hmotařský
- materialistickýbeing overly concerned with possessions
- hmotařskýbeing overly concerned with possessions
Dutch materialistisch
- materialistischbeing overly concerned with possessions
Estonian materialistlik
- materialistlikbeing overly concerned with possessions
Finnish materialistinen
- materialistinenbeing overly concerned with possessions
French matérialiste
- matérialistebeing overly concerned with possessions
German materialistisch
- materialistischbeing overly concerned with possessions
Greek υλιστικός
- υλιστικός (ylistikós)being overly concerned with possessions
Hungarian materialista
- materialistabeing overly concerned with possessions
Indonesian materialistis
- materialistisbeing overly concerned with possessions
Irish ábharaíoch
- ábharaíochbeing overly concerned with possessions
Italian materialista
- materialistabeing overly concerned with possessions
Polish materialistyczny
- materialistycznybeing overly concerned with possessions
Portuguese materialista
- materialistabeing overly concerned with possessions
Romanian materialist
- materialistbeing overly concerned with possessions
Russian мерканти́льный, материалисти́чный
- мерканти́льный (merkantílʹnyj)being overly concerned with possessions
- материалисти́чный (materialistíčnyj)being overly concerned with possessions
Spanish materialista
- materialistabeing overly concerned with possessions
Cite this entry
materialistic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/materialistic
“materialistic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/materialistic. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “materialistic,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/materialistic.
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