Explore Materialistic through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like mercenary or worldly. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Materialistic in a sentence
Materialistic meaning
- Being overly concerned with material possessions and wealth.
- Synonym of materialist, of or concerning materialism.
Synonyms of Materialistic
Using Materialistic
- The main meaning on this page is: Being overly concerned with material possessions and wealth. | Synonym of materialist, of or concerning materialism.
- Useful related words include: mercenary, worldly-minded, worldly, bourgeois.
- In the example corpus, materialistic often appears in combinations such as: the materialistic, materialistic and, and materialistic.
Context around Materialistic
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 8 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 18 statements, 1 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Materialistic
- In this selection, "materialistic" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, anti, crass, ambitious, scientific, aspects and strain stand out and add context to how "materialistic" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and a materialistic girlfriend sam and be less materialistic than other. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "materialistic" sits close to words such as abdulaziz, abortive and acacia, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with materialistic
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Life is more than materialistic pursuits. (6 words)
You are materialistic, and these are of little importance. (9 words)
Ganesha feels that you will be in a materialistic mood. (10 words)
Finally there is Ben, a materialistic marketing executive who appears to be a typical ‘lad’ when he ghosts a girl who seems to have feelings for him - until we realise his reasons really are about him, not her. (38 words)
Taurus Venus natives enjoy the finer things in life — as an earth sign, they can be rather materialistic, and either revel in luxury designer brands, or appreciate clothes that make them feel cozy and comfortable. (35 words)
Stuck in a dead-end job with a boss he can’t stand and a materialistic girlfriend, Sam rises from a late night of bar-hopping to discover his whole world has changed. (33 words)
How do we train our younger generation to nurture nature instead of exploit it for crass materialistic gain? (18 words)
The Cult of Moondog offers vicarious liberation from materialistic struggles and reprioritizes the need for spiritual nourishment and wanderlust! (19 words)
Example sentences (20)
Feyerabend suggested that our commonsense understanding of the mind was incommensurable with the (materialistic) scientific view, but that nevertheless we ought to prefer the materialistic one on general methodological grounds.
Reception Critique of Sufism's anti-materialistic aspects Certain aspects of Sufi philosophy are controversial and often debated, chief among them is the anti-materialistic strain within its ethos.
As such, it won’t be wrong to assume that she’s overly focused on gaining happiness through materialistic things.
Even though many hold the view that the idea of sharing is too romanticised and inappropriate in today’s materialistic society, its positive connotations still remain.
How do we train our younger generation to nurture nature instead of exploit it for crass materialistic gain?
Next door to the Bundys lives Steve and Marcy Rhoades, the materialistic banker couple who are, on the surface, the exact opposite of Al and Peggy.
Taurus Venus natives enjoy the finer things in life — as an earth sign, they can be rather materialistic, and either revel in luxury designer brands, or appreciate clothes that make them feel cozy and comfortable.
You are determined, resolute, ambitious, materialistic, sarcastic, wry, private, and scornful of silly, fanciful whimsy.
You work way too hard for it, and the thought of letting it go for a service or something materialistic is difficult as hell people.
According to the materialistic conception, the determining factor in history is, in the final instance, the production and reproduction of immediate life.
Finally there is Ben, a materialistic marketing executive who appears to be a typical ‘lad’ when he ghosts a girl who seems to have feelings for him - until we realise his reasons really are about him, not her.
First is the limited and damaging view of materialistic science that life derives from matter instead of matter deriving from consciousness.
Ganesha feels that you will be in a materialistic mood.
Life is more than materialistic pursuits.
Materialistic Princess has transcended borders, gaining international popularity and translations.
Shopping is not so materialistic because it's also a process of embracing the grace of emotions.
They also tend to be less materialistic than other generations, often preferring to spend on experiences rather than material possessions.
You are materialistic, and these are of little importance.
Stuck in a dead-end job with a boss he can’t stand and a materialistic girlfriend, Sam rises from a late night of bar-hopping to discover his whole world has changed.
The Cult of Moondog offers vicarious liberation from materialistic struggles and reprioritizes the need for spiritual nourishment and wanderlust!
Common combinations with materialistic
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the materialistic 9×
- materialistic and 9×
- and materialistic 5×
- materialistic things 4×
- of materialistic 4×
- from materialistic 4×
- materialistic science 3×
- in materialistic 3×
- today materialistic 2×
- less materialistic 2×