anti-materialism

noun

an·​ti-ma·​te·​ri·​al·​ism

ˌan-tē-mə-ˈtir-ē-ə-ˌli-zəm,

ˌan-tī- 

variants or less commonly antimaterialism

: opposition to materialism

Anti-communism was a favorite subject of the 1950s, he said, but so, to his surprise, was anti-materialism.

—Gayle White

Anyone of a certain age will recall that dumpster diving first became a lifestyle choice in the 1960s as part of the decade's brief flirtation with antimaterialism …

—Janna Malamud Smith

anti-materialist adjective

or less commonly antimaterialist

ˌan-tē-mə-ˈtir-ē-ə-list,

ˌan-tī- 

anti-materialist values

anti-materialistic adjective

or less commonly antimaterialistic

ˌan-tē-mə-ˌtir-ē-ə-ˈli-stik,

ˌan-tī- 

The absence of money values may be partly caused by the vague anti-materialistic sentiments of the sorts of young college graduates who choose Washington over New York and Los Angeles.

—Michael Lewis

Word History

First Known Use

1820, in the meaning defined above