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Materialistic
describes a person who is markedly more concerned with material things than with spiritual, intellectual, or cultural values; an adherent of
materialism
See also
Economic materialism
, the sense of the prioritization of resources
Materialism
, the philosophical principle asserting that matter is the only substance
Dialectical materialism
Historical materialism
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