— materialistic , adj. — materialistically , adv.
/meuh tear"ee euh list/ , n.
1. a person who is markedly more concerned with material things than with spiritual, intellectual, or cultural values.
2. an adherent of philosophical materialism.
adj.
3. concerned with material things; materialistic.
4. of or pertaining to philosophical materialism or its adherents.
[ 1660-70; materialista. See MATERIAL, -IST ]