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materialist

ma·te·ri·al·ist [ mə tree əlist ]


noun  (plural ma·te·ri·al·ists)
Definition:
 
1. somebody concerned about possessions: somebody who values material wealth and possessions rather than spiritual or intellectual things

2. supporter of philosophical materialism: a supporter of the philosophical theory that physical matter is the only reality and that psychological states can be explained as physical functions



adjective 
Definition:
 

Same as  materialistic


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