materialist

English

Etymology

From material +‎ -ist.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /məˈtiːɹɪəlɪst/

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Noun

materialist (plural materialists)

1. Someone who is materialistic, concerned only with material possessions.
   • '2007 March 2, Christopher Orlet, “The Look-at-Me Generation”, in The American Spectator‎^[1]:

     Ironically, today's generation has become the little materialists and "fame whores" (New York Magazines term) their boomer parents so reviled.

2. A follower or proponent of philosophical materialism.
   • 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:

     It is weary work enough to argue with an ordinary materialist, who hurls statistics and whole strata of geological facts at your head, whilst you can only buffet him with deductions and instincts and the snowflakes of faith, that are, alas! so apt to melt in the hot embers of our troubles.

Translations

someone who is materialistic

• Catalan: materialista
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 唯物主義者／唯物主义者 (wéiwùzhǔyìzhě)

• Dutch: materialist (nl) m
• Finnish: materialisti (fi)
• French: matérialiste (fr) m or f
• Georgian: მატერიალისტი (maṭerialisṭi)
• German: Materialist (de) m, Materialistin (de) f
• Greek: υλιστής (el) m (ylistís)
• Ido: materialisto (io)
• Irish: ábharaí m, duine saolta m
• Italian: materialista (it)
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• Polish: materialista (pl) m, materialistka (pl) f
• Portuguese: materialista m or f
• Romanian: materialist (ro) m, materialistă (ro) f
• Russian: материали́ст (ru) m (materialíst), материали́стка (ru) f (materialístka)
• Spanish: materialista

follower of philosophical materialism

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 唯物主義的／唯物主义的 (wéiwùzhǔyìde)

• Dutch: materialist (nl) m
• Finnish: materialisti (fi)
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• German: Materialist (de) m, Materialistin (de) f
• Irish: ábharaí m, duine saolta m
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• Polish: materialista (pl) m, materialistka (pl) f
• Portuguese: materialista m or f
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Adjective

materialist (comparative more materialist, superlative most materialist)

1. Having features typical of philosophical materialism.

Translations

having features typical of philosophical materialism

• Chinese:

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• Dutch: materialistisch (nl)
• Finnish: materialistinen (fi)
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• Georgian: მატერიალისტური (maṭerialisṭuri)
• German: materialistisch (de)
• Irish: ábharaíoch
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• Polish: materialistyczny (pl) m
• Portuguese: materialista
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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed, likely from French.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maːˌteː.ri.aːˈlɪst/

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• Hyphenation: ma‧te‧ri‧a‧list
• Rhymes: -ɪst

Noun

materialist m (plural materialisten)

1. materialist (one who believes that only matters exists)
2. materialist (pursuer of money or possessions)

Derived terms

• materialistisch

Related terms

• materialisme

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French matérialiste or German Materialist.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.te.ri.aˈlist/

Adjective

materialist m or n (feminine singular materialistă, masculine plural materialiști, feminine and neuter plural materialiste)

1. materialistic

Declension

Declension of materialist

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	materialist		materialistă	materialiști	materialiste
	definite	materialistul		materialista	materialiștii	materialistele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	materialist		materialiste	materialiști	materialiste
	definite	materialistului		materialistei	materialiștilor	materialistilor

Noun

materialist m (plural materialiști, feminine equivalent materialistă)

1. materialist

Declension

Declension of materialist

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) materialist	materialistul	(niște) materialiști	materialiștii
genitive/dative	(unui) materialist	materialistului	(unor) materialiști	materialiștilor
vocative	materialistule		materialiștilor

Swedish

Etymology

materiell +‎ -ist

Noun

materialist c

1. a materialist (follower or proponent of philosophical materialism)
2. a materialist (someone materialistic)

Declension

Declension of materialist
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	materialist	materialisten	materialister	materialisterna
Genitive	materialists	materialistens	materialisters	materialisternas

Related terms

• materialistisk

References

• materialist in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• materialist in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)