materialist

English

Etymology

From material + -ist.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /məˈtiːɹɪəlɪst/

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:
      Ironically, today's generation has become the little materialists and "fame whores" (New York Magazine's term) their boomer parents so reviled.
  2. A follower or proponent of philosophical materialism.

Translations

Adjective

materialist (comparative more materialist, superlative most materialist)

  1. Having features typical of philosophical materialism.

Translations


Romanian

Etymology

From French matérialiste, 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

Noun

materialist m (plural materialiști, feminine equivalent materialistă)

  1. materialist

Declension


Swedish

Etymology

materiell + -ist

Noun

materialist c

  1. a materialist; an adherer of materialism

Declension

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