materialist

🇺🇸 /məˈtɪriəlɪst/ 🇬🇧 /məˈtɪəriəlɪst/
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noun
R

a person who cares more about money and things than spiritual values

As a materialist, she believed that buying expensive items would bring her true happiness.

R

a person who believes only physical things exist, not spiritual ones

The materialist argued that everything in life can be explained by science and physical matter.

adjective
R

caring too much about money and possessions

Their materialist lifestyle focused on buying luxury cars and designer clothes.

R

based on the belief that only physical things are real

His materialist view rejected any spiritual or supernatural explanations.

translation

n. a person who cares more about money and things than spiritual values; a person who believes only physical things exist, not spiritual ones
adj. caring too much about money and possessions; based on the belief that only physical things are real

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Plural materialists