Definitions for materialistic

materialistic ma·te·ri·al·is·tic

Spelling: [muh-teer-ee-uh-lis-tik]
IPA: /məˌtɪər i əˈlɪs tɪk/

Materialistic is a 13 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 17 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 20 points.

You can make 1531 anagrams from letters in materialistic (aaceiiilmrstt).

Definitions for materialistic

adjective

  1. excessively concerned with physical comforts or the acquisition of wealth and material possessions, rather than with spiritual, intellectual, or cultural values.
  2. adhering to the philosophy of materialism, a theory that regards matter as constituting the universe and all its phenomena.

Origin of materialistic

materialist + -ic

Examples for materialistic

Brooks argues in his book that advocates for limited government have been trapped into making a 'materialistic' case.

I have said that the dominant thinking of our age is materialistic, and by that I mean also physical.

Physical science is as little Atheistic as it is materialistic.'

Let our materialistic friends summon them, then, to their aid.

This is sort of a materialistic tradition, but every year for Sundance, my friends and I road trip out here.

Like protest in literature, materialistic amorality has, of course, been done before.

They are suspicious and materialistic, having no sacred ideals.

He did indeed have a thoroughly pagan, materialistic, unforgiving eye.

At all events, it is a legitimate induction from materialistic premises.

Attempting to squeeze these things into a materialistic box makes no sense.

Word Value for materialistic
Scrable

17

Words with friends

20

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