materialist
Possessions over principles
A materialist is someone who places high value on material possessions and physical comfort, often prioritizing wealth and consumer goods over spiritual or intellectual pursuits.
In philosophy, the term has a more technical meaning: a materialist holds that nothing exists except matter and its movements, rejecting the existence of souls, spirits, or other nonphysical substances.
She dismissed him as a shallow materialist who only cared about designer labels.
The adjective materialist or materialistic describes this orientation toward the physical world.
Acquiring goods at retailers
- shopaholicCompulsive retail addict
- gadgetsSmall mechanical contrivances
- fashionCurrent popular trend
- trendyCurrently in vogue
ecommerce · commercialism · boutique · mall · splurge · consumerist · disposable
All is matter
- empiricismKnowledge through observation
- dialecticalRelating to logical debate
- MarxismClass-based revolutionary philosophy
- monismSingle-substance metaphysics
naturalism · reductionism · determinism · atomism · mechanism · positivism · realism · sensualism
Pursuit of gratification
- luxuryExpensive nonessential comfort
- opulenceShowy, abundant prosperity
- affluenceAbundance of money
- extravaganceExcessive, wasteful spending
indulgence · pleasure-seeking · decadence · sensuality · gratification · vanity · glamour · superficiality
Rejection of deities
- agnosticismDoubt about divine existence
- secularismSeparation of faith, state
- humanismPhilosophy prioritizing earthly reason
- skepticismDisposition toward doubt
rationalism · freethought · science · naturalism · enlightenment · Darwinism · evolution · pragmatism
Things you possess
- propertySomething owned or inherent
- assetsOwned items of value
- goodsThings for sale
- chattelsMovable personal property
holdings · estate · valuables · treasures · collectibles · furnishings · inventory · heirlooms
Excessive desire for wealth
- avariceExcessive desire for riches
- covetousEagerly wanting others' possessions
- hoardingExcessive accumulation of goods
- accumulationCollected mass over time
wealth-obsessed · acquisitiveness · grasping · rapacious · possessive · avaricious · money-grubbing · gold-digger
shopping
Acquiring goods at retailers
- shopaholicCompulsive retail addict
- gadgetsSmall mechanical contrivances
- fashionCurrent popular trend
trendy · ecommerce · commercialism · boutique · mall · splurge · consumerist · disposable
physicalism
All is matter
- empiricismKnowledge through observation
- dialecticalRelating to logical debate
- MarxismClass-based revolutionary philosophy
monism · naturalism · reductionism · determinism · atomism · mechanism · positivism · realism · sensualism · historicism
hedonism
Pursuit of gratification
extravagance · indulgence · pleasure-seeking · decadence · sensuality · gratification · vanity · glamour · superficiality · shallowness
atheism
Rejection of deities
- agnosticismDoubt about divine existence
- secularismSeparation of faith, state
- humanismPhilosophy prioritizing earthly reason
skepticism · rationalism · freethought · science · naturalism · enlightenment · Darwinism · evolution · pragmatism · existentialism
belongings
Things you possess
chattels · holdings · estate · valuables · treasures · collectibles · furnishings · inventory · heirlooms · acquisitions
greed
Excessive desire for wealth
- avariceExcessive desire for riches
- covetousEagerly wanting others' possessions
- hoardingExcessive accumulation of goods
accumulation · wealth-obsessed · acquisitiveness · grasping · rapacious · possessive · avaricious · money-grubbing · gold-digger · plutocrat
- thinkersthinkers, thinker, philosophers, philosopher, Aristotle
- philosophy worldethicist, logician, metaphysician, epistemologist, aesthetician
- indulgenceindulgence, indulge, indulgent, self-indulgent, overindulgence
- snobssnob, elitist, snoot, prig, highbrow
- CommunistsMarx, Engels, Lenin, Stalin, Mao
- nonbelieversatheist, atheists, agnostic, agnostics, nonbeliever
materialistspiritualist
Ghost communicator believer
idealist · dualist · supernaturalist · mentalist · theist
materialistspiritualist
Ghost communicator believer
ascetic · minimalist · idealist · dualist · monk
materialistic, materialism, immateriality, materialists, materialistically