materialist
/məˈtiːɹɪəlɪst/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.61 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
5
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Someone who is materialistic, concerned only with material possessions.
noun
A follower or proponent of philosophical materialism.
adj
Of or concerning materialism.
adj
Synonym of materialistic, concerned only with material things.
Example Sentences
- "Ironically, today's generation has become the little materialists and "fame whores" (New York Magazine's term) their boomer parents so reviled."
- "It is weary work enough to argue with an ordinary materialist, who hurls statistics and whole strata of geological facts at your head, whilst you can only buffet him with deductions and instincts and the snowflakes of faith, that are, alas! so apt to melt in the hot embers of our troubles."
Etymology
Etymology tree English material Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English materialist From material + -ist.