materialistic
Example Sentences
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Communist regimes rejected Romantic and Freudian theories alike and, in Mr. Delbourgo’s words, attacked collectors’ “materialistic love of things and social status.”
The story originally satirized materialistic baby boomers stymied by shifting gender roles.
From Los Angeles Times
"I always had these yearnings for a lifestyle that was different to the materialistic lifestyle," he explains.
From BBC
Mozart and his librettist, Lorenzo Da Ponte, meant to make us squirm as they uncover our insecurities and the faults in our materialistic facades.
From Los Angeles Times
"I don't have anything particularly sentimental, it's all materialistic, it can be replaced when it gets broken."
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
