MATERIALISTIC
Dictionary entry overview: What does materialistic mean? • MATERIALISTIC (adjective)
The adjective MATERIALISTIC has 2 senses:
1. marked by materialism
2. conforming to the standards and conventions of the middle class
Familiarity information: MATERIALISTIC used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• MATERIALISTIC (adjective)
Meaning:
Marked by materialism
Synonyms:
materialistic; mercenary; worldly-minded
Similar:
worldly (characteristic of or devoted to the temporal world)
Meaning:
Conforming to the standards and conventions of the middle class
Synonyms:
bourgeois; materialistic; conservative
Context example:
a bourgeois mentality
Similar:
middle-class (occupying a socioeconomic position intermediate between those of the lower classes and the wealthy)
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