materialistic
/məˌtɪəɹ.i.əˈlɪs.tɪk/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.99 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
6
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Being overly concerned with material possessions and wealth.
adj
Synonym of materialist, of or concerning materialism.
Example Sentences
- "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)."
- "But to me his very spiritualism seemed more materialistic than his physics."
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 Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English -istic English materialistic From material + -istic.
Inflected Forms
more materialistic (comparative)
most materialistic (superlative)