materialistic
Example Sentences
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Even in Romania itself the Ceaușescu regime is being forgotten by new, young and materialistic generations, who often view it as merely another bad government.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026
The story originally satirized materialistic baby boomers stymied by shifting gender roles.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 28, 2025
"I don't have anything particularly sentimental, it's all materialistic, it can be replaced when it gets broken."
From BBC • Dec. 26, 2024
Later they turn to kingly and materialistic protections against their wandering.
From Salon • Mar. 31, 2024
It seemed that I simply could not fit into a materialistic life.
From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright
Vocabulary lists containing materialistic
Material World: Shopping Lingo
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Tuesdays with Morrie
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