Materialistic Edit Meaning

1.

The act of caring more about THINGS than people; judging yourself and others on the cost of your stupid things.

She is so materialistic since she won the lotto!

See Cheyenne

2.

Someone who gives the impression of placing material things above people.

However, this is usually used by people who feel inferior to someone who has nicer clothes, better shoes, etc. than themself. So they use this word to try to lift themselves out of their dark, sad hole.

Ashley: Wow, I really love those shoes Jen's wearing... & Her shirt is really cute too.

Amanda: Pshh, she's so materialistic. At least I have.. Friends...

See material, possesions, things, stuck up, shallow

3.

1. A philosophical contention that the universe is exclusively consistant of matter and energy, with the exclusion of the supernatural and or mystical .

2. A component of the secularist world view; therefore strictly relying on the processes of matter and energy as revealed through scientific method.

3. A conception of the world gained through sensory perception.

4. Commonly a view point held by persons, that are seen as intellectuals, genius, or rational (i.e. Einstein, Aristotle, Sagan, Dawkins, Darwin, and Newton).

5. Convictions of the world that come from a logical, naturalistic framework of critical thinking; not relying on imagination and or emotion.

6. The definition of materialistic is often misused to describe a persons attachment to possessions. This misunderstanding is perpetuated through those members of society seen as irrational or lacking in intellectual sophistication (i.e Robertson, Falwell, and Swaggart).

1. Civilization, progress and morals are the direct result of the human intellect is a materialistic conviction.

2. Einstein’s General Relatively is a materialistic theory of the universe.

See secular, science, rational, logic

4.

What everyone IS, no matter how hard they claim material things do not matter to them. THIS coming from an asshatwith $80 trendy-ass jeans complete with all those useless pockets, zippers and straps and $300 worth of "alternative" jewelery.

"Um... don't need to get me anything this Christmas. I'm kind of like the non-materialistic type. Really, I am."

-that trendily-clad person that pissed me off with the same old non-materialistic bullshit.

See Shameless Plug