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Materialist

MATE'RIALIST

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Noun.
One who denies the existence of spiritual substances, and maintains that the soul of man is the result of a particular organization of matter in the body.

Definition 2024


materialist

materialist

English

Noun

materialist (plural materialists)

  1. Someone who is materialistic, concerned only with material possessions.
    • 2007 March 2, Christopher Orlet, “The Look-at-Me Generation”, in The American Spectator:
      Ironically, today's generation has become the little materialists and "fame whores" (New York Magazine's term) their boomer parents so reviled.
  2. A follower or proponent of philosophical materialism.

Translations

Adjective

materialist (comparative more materialist, superlative most materialist)

  1. Having features typical of philosophical materialism.

Translations


Romanian

Etymology

From French matérialiste, German Materialist.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ma.te.ri.aˈlist/

Adjective

materialist m, n (feminine singular materialistă, masculine plural materialiști, feminine and neuter plural materialiste)

  1. materialistic

Declension

Noun

materialist m (plural materialiști, feminine equivalent materialistă)

  1. materialist

Declension


Swedish

Etymology

materiell + -ist

Noun

materialist c

  1. a materialist; an adherer of materialism

Declension

Inflection of materialist 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative materialist materialisten materialister materialisterna
Genitive materialists materialistens materialisters materialisternas

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