materialist

English

Etymology

From material +‎ -ist.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /məˈtiːɹɪəlɪst/

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 Magazines term) their boomer parents so reviled.

2. A follower or proponent of philosophical materialism.

Translations

someone who is materialistic

• Catalan: materialista
• Chinese:

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

• Finnish: materialisti (fi)
• French: matérialiste (fr) m or f
• German: Materialist m, Materialistin f
• Greek: υλιστής (el) m (ylistís)
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• Ido: materialisto
• Irish: ábharaí m, duine saolta m
• Italian: materialista (it)
• Portuguese: materialista m or f
• Romanian: materialist (ro) m, materialistă (ro) f
• Russian: материали́ст (ru) m (materialíst), материали́стка (ru) f (materialístka)
• Spanish: materialista

follower of philosophical materialism

• Chinese:

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

• Finnish: materialisti (fi)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Irish: ábharaí m, duine saolta m
• Russian: please add this translation if you can

Adjective

materialist (comparative more materialist, superlative most materialist)

1. Having features typical of philosophical materialism.

Translations

having features typical of philosophical materialism

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Finnish: materialistinen (fi)
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• German: materialistisch (de)
• Irish: ábharaíoch
• Russian: please add this translation if you can

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Romanian

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French matérialiste, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] German Materialist.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.te.ri.aˈlist/

Adjective

materialist m or n (feminine singular materialistă, masculine plural materialiști, feminine and 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	materialistilor

Noun

materialist m (plural materialiști, feminine equivalent materialistă)

1. materialist

Declension

Declension of materialist

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) materialist	materialistul	(niște) materialiști	materialiștii
genitive/dative	(unui) materialist	materialistului	(unor) materialiști	materialiștilor
vocative	materialistule		materialiștilor

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Swedish

Etymology

materiell +‎ -ist

Noun

materialist c

1. a materialist; an adherer of materialism

Declension

Declension of materialist
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	materialist	materialisten	materialister	materialisterna
Genitive	materialists	materialistens	materialisters	materialisternas

Related terms

• materialistisk