Materialistic Synonyms and Antonyms

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Synonyms for Materialistic

capitalistic
Favoring or practicing capitalism:
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acquisitive
Characterized by a strong desire to gain and possess.
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secular
(Christianity) Not bound by the vows of a monastic order.
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mercenary
Motivated solely by a desire for monetary or material gain.
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mundane
Worldly, earthly, profane, vulgar as opposed to heavenly
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earthly-minded
Of or preoccupied with material rather than spiritual or intellectual things
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object oriented
(Computing, programming) Using entities called objects that can process data and exchange messages with other objects.
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possessive
The definition of possessive is being unwilling to share and wanting everything for yourself or demanding all of a person's time, love and attention.
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earthy
Hearty or uninhibited; natural:
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banausic
Utilitarian
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sensate
Having the ability to sense things physically.
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unspiritual
Not spiritual; lacking metaphysical significance.
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sensual
Inducing pleasurable and/or erotic sensations.
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bourgeois
Of or characteristic of a bourgeois or the bourgeoisie; middle-class; also used variously to mean conventional, smug, materialistic, etc.
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conservative
The definition of conservative is favoring older, known traditions and resisting any changes.
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worldly-minded
marked by materialism
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material
The definition of material refers to a physical object, as opposed to something spiritual or mental, or something that is essential and relevant.
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carnal
The definition of carnal is something related to the body or the flesh.
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Antonyms for Materialistic

thrifty
Well appearing; looking or being in good condition; becoming.
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ungreedy
Not greedy.
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spiritual
Consisting of spirit; not material; incorporeal.
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impractical
Not handling practical matters well
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ascetic
Of or characteristic of ascetics or asceticism; self-denying; austere
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Words Related to Materialistic

worldly
Concerned with secular rather than sacred matters.
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greedy
Intensely eager
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body
Of or preoccupied with material rather than spiritual or intellectual things
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godless
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dogmatic
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Materialistic Sentence Examples

  • All these materialistic tendencies seem to have one explanation.

  • But in spite of this its materialistic affinities are unmistakable.

  • We live in a materialistic age where there seems to be a growing obsession with money.

  • It was probably also during this period that the female element was first definitely admitted to a prominent place amongst the divine objects of sectarian worship, in the shape of the wives of the principal gods viewed as their sakti, or female energy, theoretically identified with the Maya, or cosmic Illusion, of the idealistic Vedanta, and the Prakriti, or plastic matter, of the materialistic Sankhya philosophy, as the primary source of mundane things.

  • The theosophical conception of brotherhood is thus rather transcendental than materialistic, and is not therefore to be regarded as the exact equivalent of the socialistic doctrine of the solidarity of the human race.

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