materialistically
In possession-focused manner
In a way that prioritizes material possessions and physical comfort over spiritual or intellectual values.
Someone who acts materialistically judges success by wealth and acquisitions: She approached relationships materialistically, always asking what someone could buy her.
The word typically carries disapproval.
Acquiring goods at retailers
- brandsCommercial product names
- luxuryExpensive nonessential comfort
- spendingOutlaying of funds
- acquisitionAct of obtaining something
splurge · impulse · buying · retail · advertising · marketing · status · lifestyle
Abundance of money
- prosperityGood fortune, success
- richesAbundant valuable possessions
- fortuneWealth or destiny
- opulenceShowy, abundant prosperity
luxury · inheritance · investments · capital · abundance · greed · avarice · money
Nonreligious, worldly
- temporalRelating to chronology
- mundaneCommonplace, lacking excitement
- earthlyOf this world
- tangiblePerceptible by touch
corporeal · physical · nonspiritual · terrestrial · worldliness · unspiritual · superficial · shallow
All is matter
- empiricismKnowledge through observation
- realismAccepting things as they are
- naturalismWorldview excluding the supernatural
- monismSingle-substance metaphysics
determinism · positivism · metaphysics · reductionism · mechanistic · atomism · secularism · rationalism
shopping
Acquiring goods at retailers
acquisition · splurge · impulse · buying · retail · advertising · marketing · status · lifestyle · trends
affluence
Abundance of money
- prosperityGood fortune, success
- richesAbundant valuable possessions
- fortuneWealth or destiny
opulence · luxury · inheritance · investments · capital · abundance · greed · avarice · money · financial
secular
Nonreligious, worldly
tangible · corporeal · physical · nonspiritual · terrestrial · worldliness · unspiritual · superficial · shallow · external
physicalism
All is matter
- empiricismKnowledge through observation
- realismAccepting things as they are
- naturalismWorldview excluding the supernatural
monism · determinism · positivism · metaphysics · reductionism · mechanistic · atomism · secularism · rationalism · scientism
accumulation
Collected mass over time
- belongingsThings you possess
- assetsOwned items of value
- goodsThings for sale
property · valuables · stuff · collectibles · heirlooms · treasures · holdings · inventory · chattels · furnishings
materialisticallyspiritually
Concerning the soul
idealistically · transcendentally · mystically · soulfully · altruistically
materialisticallyascetically
In self-denying manner
frugally · simply · austerely · sparingly · altruistically
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