materialist

English

Etymology

From material +‎ -ist.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /məˈtiːɹɪəlɪst/

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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^[1]:

     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.
   • 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:

     It is weary work enough to argue with an ordinary materialist, who hurls statistics and whole strata of geological facts at your head, whilst you can only buffet him with deductions and instincts and the snowflakes of faith, that are, alas! so apt to melt in the hot embers of our troubles.

Synonyms

• hylic (Gnosticism, derogatory)

Translations

someone who is materialistic

• Burmese: ရုပ်ဝါဒီ (my) (rup-wadi)
• Catalan: materialista
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 唯物主義者 / 唯物主义者 (wéiwùzhǔyìzhě)

• Dutch: materialist (nl) m
• Finnish: materialisti (fi)
• French: matérialiste (fr) m or f
• Georgian: მატერიალისტი (maṭerialisṭi)
• German: Materialist (de) m, Materialistin (de) f
• Greek: υλιστής (el) m (ylistís)
• Ido: materialisto (io)
• Irish: ábharaí m, duine saolta m
• Italian: materialista (it)
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• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: materialista (pl) m, materialistka (pl) f
• Portuguese: materialista m or f
• Romanian: materialist (ro) m, materialistă (ro) f
• Russian: материали́ст (ru) m (materialíst), материали́стка (ru) f (materialístka)
• Spanish: materialista (es)

follower of philosophical materialism

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 唯物主義的 / 唯物主义的 (wéiwùzhǔyìde)

• Dutch: materialist (nl) m
• Finnish: materialisti (fi)
• French: matérialiste (fr) m or f
• German: Materialist (de) m, Materialistin (de) f
• Irish: ábharaí m, duine saolta m
• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: materialista (pl) m, materialistka (pl) f
• Portuguese: materialista m or f
• Russian: материали́ст (ru) m (materialíst), материали́стка (ru) f (materialístka)
• Spanish: please add this translation if you can

Adjective

materialist (comparative more materialist, superlative most materialist)

1. (philosophy) Of or concerning materialism.
2. Synonym of materialistic, concerned only with material things.

Synonyms

• materialistic; see also hylozoic

Translations

of or concerning materialism

• Catalan: materialista
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Dutch: materialistisch (nl)
• Esperanto: materialisma
• Finnish: materialistinen (fi)
• French: matérialiste (fr)
• Georgian: მატერიალისტური (maṭerialisṭuri)
• German: materialistisch (de)
• Greek: ματεριαλιστικός (el) (materialistikós), υλιστικός (el) (ylistikós)
• Irish: ábharaíoch
• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: materialistyczny (pl) m
• Portuguese: materialista
• Romanian: materialist (ro)
• Russian: материалисти́ческий (ru) (materialistíčeskij)
• Spanish: materialista (es)
• Volapük: stöfimik (vo)

Derived terms

• antimaterialist
• nonmaterialist
• postmaterialist
• unmaterialist

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed, likely from French.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maːˌteː.ri.aːˈlɪst/

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• Hyphenation: ma‧te‧ri‧a‧list
• Rhymes: -ɪst

Noun

materialist m (plural materialisten, no diminutive)

1. materialist (one who believes that only matters exists)
2. materialist (pursuer of money or possessions)

Derived terms

• materialistisch

Related terms

• materialisme

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French matérialiste or German Materialist.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.te.ri.aˈlist/

Adjective

materialist m or n (feminine singular materialistă, masculine plural materialiști, feminine/neuter plural materialiste)

1. materialistic

Declension

Declension of materialist

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	materialist		materialistă		materialiști	materialiste
	definite	materialistul		materialista		materialiștii	materialistele
genitive- dative	indefinite	materialist		materialiste		materialiști	materialiste
	definite	materialistului		materialistei		materialiștilor	materialistelor

Noun

materialist m (plural materialiști, feminine equivalent materialistă)

1. materialist

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	materialist	materialistul		materialiști	materialiștii
genitive-dative	materialist	materialistului		materialiști	materialiștilor
vocative	materialistule			materialiștilor

Swedish

Etymology

materiell +‎ -ist

Noun

materialist c

1. a materialist (follower or proponent of philosophical materialism)
2. a materialist (someone materialistic)

Declension

Declension of materialist

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	materialist	materialists
	definite	materialisten	materialistens
plural	indefinite	materialister	materialisters
	definite	materialisterna	materialisternas

Related terms

• materialistisk

References

• “materialist”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “materialist”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)