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 prominent credit-card swiper offers 15 minutes for the high price of $15, and the show follows up on the Gemstones’ mercenary shamelessness later when someone working the telethon phone bank asks for a donor’s routing number.—
Scott Tobias,
Vulture,
16 Mar. 2025
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Vladimir Putin has relied on mercenary and convict soldiers, combined with lavish bonuses for poor Russians who volunteer to try their luck against killer Ukrainian robots on the steppe.—
Graeme Wood,
The Atlantic,
5 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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The nurse sustained a superficial wound to his cheek and was treated off of the island, officials said.—
Graham Rayman,
New York Daily News,
15 Mar. 2025
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Consumers and fans connect with authenticity, not a superficial redesign.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Mar. 2025
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The family drama comedy follows a Gen Z content creator who returns to her ancestral home for viral content, only to encounter her deceased brother’s ghost and deal with greedy relatives.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
17 Mar. 2025
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Along that greedy path, he has been sued by the US Securities and Exchange Commission three separate times.—
DP Opinion,
The Denver Post,
11 Mar. 2025
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“Materialistic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/materialistic. Accessed 27 Mar. 2025.
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