materialist
English
editEtymology
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editNoun
editmaterialist (plural materialists)
- 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.
- 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
editsomeone who is materialistic
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follower of philosophical materialism
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Adjective
editmaterialist (comparative more materialist, superlative most materialist)
- Having features typical of philosophical materialism.
Translations
edithaving features typical of philosophical materialism
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Dutch
editEtymology
editBorrowed, likely from French.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editmaterialist m (plural materialisten)
- materialist (one who believes that only matters exists)
- materialist (pursuer of money or possessions)
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editRomanian
editEtymology
editBorrowed from French matérialiste or German Materialist.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editmaterialist m or n (feminine singular materialistă, masculine plural materialiști, feminine and neuter plural materialiste)
Declension
editDeclension of materialist
singular | plural | ||||||
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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
editmaterialist m (plural materialiști, feminine equivalent materialistă)
Declension
editDeclension of materialist
singular | plural | |||
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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
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editmaterialist c
- a materialist (follower or proponent of philosophical materialism)
- a materialist (someone materialistic)
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editDeclension of materialist | ||||
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Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | materialist | materialisten | materialister | materialisterna |
Genitive | materialists | materialistens | materialisters | materialisternas |
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