materialist

Definitions

A person who considers material possessions and physical comfort as more important than spiritual, intellectual, or cultural values.

A person who adheres to the philosophical theory that nothing exists except matter and its movements and modifications.

Examples

His materialist worldview led him to prioritize financial success over personal relationships.

The philosopher argued that a strictly materialist perspective fails to account for the complexities of human consciousness.

Synonyms

consumerist worldly secular pragmatic possessive earthly acquisitive

Antonyms

idealist spiritual ascetic ethereal nonmaterialistic otherworldly transcendental