Definition of Materialist

1. Noun. Someone with great regard for material possessions.

Generic synonyms: Capitalist
Derivative terms: Materialism

2. Noun. Someone who thinks that nothing exists but physical matter.
Generic synonyms: Disbeliever, Nonbeliever, Unbeliever
Derivative terms: Materialism

Definition of Materialist

1. n. One who denies the existence of spiritual substances or agents, and maintains that spiritual phenomena, so called, are the result of some peculiar organization of matter.

Definition of Materialist

1. Noun. Someone who is materialistic. ¹

2. Noun. A follower or proponent of philosophical materialism. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Materialist

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Materialist

material fact
material implication
material logic
material possession
material resource
material support
material witness
materialisation
materialisations
materialise
materialised
materialises
materialising
materialism
materialisms
materialist (current term)
materialistic
materialistical
materialistically
materialists
materialities
materiality
materializable
materialization
materializations
materialize
materialized
materializer
materializers
materializes

Literary usage of Materialist

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Science and Revolution by Ernest Untermann (1905)
"losophy or theological religion into the bright sunlight of materialist monism. ... materialist MONISM, THE SCIENCE AND " RELIGION " OF THE PROLETARIAT The ..."

2. Science and Revolution by Ernest Untermann (1905)
"losophy or theological religion into the bright sunlight of materialist monism XVII. materialist MONISM, THE SCIENCE AND " RELIGION " OF THE PROLETARIAT. ..."

3. The Dictionary of National Biography by Sidney Lee (1908)
"He supported the semi-materialist theory of the ' sleep of the soul' of hie college friend ... materialist ..."

4. In Darkest Africa, Or, The Quest, Rescue, and Retreat of Emin, Governor of by Henry Morton Stanley (1890)
"... Pasha appointed naturalist and meteorologist to the Expedition—The Pasha a materialist —Dr. Hassan's arrival—My inspection over the camp—Capt. ..."

5. Dictionary of Philosophy and Psychology: Including Many of the Principal by James Mark Baldwin (1901)
"A materialist or atheist may possess philanthropy, but not charity ' (Mor. Philos., 238-9). The love or charity which characterized the early Christian ..."

6. Isis Unveiled: A Master Key to the Mysteries of Ancient and Modern Science by Helena Petrovna Blavatsky (1919)
"This is the point which Professor John Fiske and the authors of The Unseen Universe seem to have reached; and Wallace, the anthropologist and ex-materialist ..."

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