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MATERIALIST

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone who thinks that nothing exists but physical matter

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("materialist" is a kind of...):

nonbeliever (someone who refuses to believe (as in a divinity))

Derivation:

materialism ((philosophy) the philosophical theory that matter is the only reality)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Someone with great regard for material possessions

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("materialist" is a kind of...):

capitalist (a person who invests capital in a business (especially a large business))

Derivation:

materialism (a desire for wealth and material possessions with little interest in ethical or spiritual matters)

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