Pronunciations (2)
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/məˌtɪəɹ.i.əˈlɪs.tɪk/
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məˌtɪəɹ.i.əˈlɪs.tɪk
Adjective
Being overly concerned with material possessions and wealth.
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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).
Synonym of materialist, of or concerning materialism.
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But to me his very spiritualism seemed more materialistic than his physics.
Adjective
marked by materialism
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conforming to the standards and conventions of the middle class
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a bourgeois mentality