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Definition of materialistic adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

materialistic

adjective
 
/məˌtɪəriəˈlɪstɪk/
 
/məˌtɪriəˈlɪstɪk/
(also materialist)
(disapproving)
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  1. caring more about money and possessions than anything else
    • We're living in a highly materialistic society.
    • Are children today more materialistic?
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryMaterialistic is used with these nouns:
    • culture
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