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Recent Examples of materialism
Scientism, or scientific materialism, is the dogmatic belief that science and its methods for gathering information are the only valid sources for true knowledge.
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Arianna Huffington, TIME, 11 Dec. 2024
This makes perfect sense, since if the self has an end (materialism, remember), then the self is an appropriate end in itself.
—Christian Wiman, Harper's Magazine, 2 Aug. 2024
And research into telepathy falls way outside the materialism lane.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 3 Jan. 2025
Research by Tim Kasser and Jean Twenge showed that materialism among 12th graders increased over time, peaking in the late 1980s and early 1990s with Generation X, and then stayed at those historically high levels among millennials.
—Ron Lieber, New York Times, 30 Dec. 2024
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Arianna Huffington, TIME, 11 Dec. 2024
This makes perfect sense, since if the self has an end (materialism, remember), then the self is an appropriate end in itself.
—Christian Wiman, Harper's Magazine, 2 Aug. 2024
And research into telepathy falls way outside the materialism lane.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 3 Jan. 2025
Research by Tim Kasser and Jean Twenge showed that materialism among 12th graders increased over time, peaking in the late 1980s and early 1990s with Generation X, and then stayed at those historically high levels among millennials.
—Ron Lieber, New York Times, 30 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for materialism
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Jennifer Glen, General Manager at Americas ad Squad, said the Puppy Bowl’s altruistic element also offers a nice contrast to the Super Bowl’s commercialism.—
Kevin Williams,
Quartz,
7 Feb. 2025
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Contemplating the impact of commercialism on art is something people have been doing for a really long time.—
Jonathan Bernstein,
Rolling Stone,
6 Jan. 2025
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The Korean dark comedy about greed and class discrimination in a symbiotic relationship between the wealthy Park family and the destitute Kim clan grossed $53 million domestic ($260 million worldwide).—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
7 Feb. 2025
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But consumers are already blaming corporate greed and President Trump’s decision to impose 10% tariffs on all Chinese imports.—
Michael Kan,
PCMAG,
5 Feb. 2025
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In this coming era—during which fear, corruption, and avarice will stand in prominence—gentleness, morality, and reason must be cherished in whatever form they can be found.—
The New Yorker,
The New Yorker,
17 Jan. 2025
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Its third and latest season offers a sharp dissection of how work can become an obsession, the false promises of ethical investing, and the endless cycle of avarice to which stockbrokers (and perhaps the rest of us) belong.—
Sophie Gilbert,
The Atlantic,
12 Dec. 2024
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Pilgrimage, though couched in spiritual aims, often bordered on sheer cupidity.—
Aatish Taseer,
New York Times,
9 Nov. 2023
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To cupidity, and beyond!—
Kyle Smith,
WSJ,
16 June 2022
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Or consider the explorers who left a cold and hungry Europe in search of tropical riches, only to realize that their own rapacity could quickly exhaust the bounty of an island paradise.—
Deborah R. Coen,
Foreign Affairs,
12 Feb. 2014
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Adjacent to the Gold Room was the Bravo Bazaar, a mall of real commercial rapacity.—
Doreen St. Félix,
The New Yorker,
17 Nov. 2023
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“Materialism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/materialism. Accessed 19 Feb. 2025.
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