as in mercenary
having or marked by interest in material possessions as opposed to intellectual or spiritual things
His essay criticises the materialistic culture of today's world.
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Recent Examples of materialistic
Beijing officials routinely order these companies to alter their internal practices, such as by ordering social media platforms to suppress overly materialistic content.
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Eleanor Pringle, Fortune Asia, 8 Nov. 2024
Mafalda has friends who variously embody conservative family values and the values of materialistic, upwardly mobile immigrants.
—Richard Feinberg, Foreign Affairs, 20 Apr. 2021
Neither one can entirely remain an island, though Vadim veritably cultivates an estrangement from his stuffy, materialistic son Peter (Vladimir Vdovichenkov).
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 12 Dec. 2024
Ninety percent of Americans surveyed by the Center for Biological Diversity agree that the holidays should be less materialistic.
—Drew Gerber, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024
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Eleanor Pringle, Fortune Asia, 8 Nov. 2024
Mafalda has friends who variously embody conservative family values and the values of materialistic, upwardly mobile immigrants.
—Richard Feinberg, Foreign Affairs, 20 Apr. 2021
Neither one can entirely remain an island, though Vadim veritably cultivates an estrangement from his stuffy, materialistic son Peter (Vladimir Vdovichenkov).
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 12 Dec. 2024
Ninety percent of Americans surveyed by the Center for Biological Diversity agree that the holidays should be less materialistic.
—Drew Gerber, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for materialistic
Adjective
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The Serpent Society, a brutal mercenary group led by Giancarlo Esposito's Sidewinder, already weaponized the metal.—
Nick Romano,
EW.com,
13 Feb. 2025
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Along the way, Captain America battles villains like Giancarlo Esposito's mercenary killer Sidewinder and Samuel Sterns, a role Tim Blake Nelson reprises for the first time since 2008's The Incredible Hulk.—
Tommy McArdle,
People.com,
12 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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There are a couple of superficial parallels to the present day.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
2 Mar. 2025
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But her natural effervescence is largely wasted by an execution that’s so painfully superficial the show feels like a parody of itself.—
Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
27 Feb. 2025
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Forget the greedy streamers: leave the job of filmmaking to people who care, to people like Corbet and Eisenberg, Fargeat and Zilbalodis.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
TIME,
3 Mar. 2025
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When Sue becomes greedy with her time, exceeding seven days on the outside, Elisabeth suffers the consequences, and things take a dark and twisted turn.—
Samantha Stutsman,
People.com,
3 Mar. 2025
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“Materialistic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/materialistic. Accessed 10 Mar. 2025.
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