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MATERIALISTIC
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Conforming to the standards and conventions of the middle class
Example:
a bourgeois mentality
Synonyms:
bourgeois; conservative; materialistic
Classified under:
Similar:
middle-class (occupying a socioeconomic position intermediate between those of the lower classes and the wealthy)
Derivation:
materialism (a desire for wealth and material possessions with little interest in ethical or spiritual matters)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Marked by materialism
Synonyms:
materialistic; mercenary; worldly-minded
Classified under:
Similar:
secular; temporal; worldly (characteristic of or devoted to the temporal world as opposed to the spiritual world)
Derivation:
materialism (a desire for wealth and material possessions with little interest in ethical or spiritual matters)
