Materialist

Definitions: Materialist

Materialist

Noun

1. Someone with great regard for worldly possessions.

2. Someone who thinks that nothing exists but physical matter.

Date "materialist" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1781. (references)

Synonym: Materialist

Synonym: irreligionist (n). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Heterodoxy	Latitudinarian, Deist, Theist, Unitarian; positivist, materialist; Homoiousian, Homoousian, limitarian, theosophist, ubiquitarian; skeptic
Irreligion	Atheist, skeptic, unbeliever, deist, infidel, pyrrhonist; giaour, heathen, alien, gentile, Nazarene; espri fort, freethinker, latitudinarian, rationalist; materialist, positivist, nihilist, agnostic, somatist, theophobist.
MATERIALITY	Physics; somatology, somatics; natural philosophy, experimental philosophy; physicism; physical science, philosophie positive, materialism; materialist; physicist; somatism, somatist.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Materialist

English words defined with "materialist": Corporealist ♦ Hobbes, Hobbism ♦ Materiarian ♦ Somatist ♦ Thomas Hobbes. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Materialist" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Albanian (materialist, materialistic, worldly, worldly-minded), German (materialist), Romanian (materialist, materialistic), Swedish (materialist).

Domain	Title
Books	A Materialist Theory of the Mind (International Library of Philosophy) (reference) At the Limits of Romanticism: Essays in Cultural, Feminist, and Materialist Criticism (reference) Ethics and the Materialist Conception of History (reference) In a Materialist Way: Selected Essays (reference) Materialist Feminism (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Author	Quotation
Agnes Repplier	The American may not be a materialist but he has certainly hallowed commercialism, and made of it both a romantic and a moral adventure.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

"Materialist" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 90.00% of the time. "Materialist" is used about 60 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	90%	54	46,184
Adjective (general or positive)	10%	6	143,867
Total	100.00%	60	N/A

Expression using "materialist": materialist conception of the world. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "materialist": materialist-oriented.
	Ending with "materialist": anti-materialist.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Language		Translations for "materialist"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		materialist (materialistic, worldly, worldly-minded). (various references)

Arabic		‏المتنق للمادية, ‏المادي. (various references)

Bulgarian		материалист (babbit, worldling). (various references)

Czech		materialistický (materialistic), materialista. (various references)

Finnish		materialistinen, materialisti. (various references)

French		matérialiste (materialistic). (various references)

German		materialistisch (materialistic), materialist. (various references)

Greek		υλιστήσ (secularist). (various references)

Hebrew		חומר� י (earthbound, materialistic, worldly). (various references)

Hungarian		materialista (materialistic, secularist), anyagelvû. (various references)

Italian		materialista. (various references)

Japanese Kanji		マッハ数 (Mach number, Madeira, Madison, map, mapping, martini, material, materialism, materials handling, muffin, tangle). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		マテリアリスト . (various references)

Manx		oyree, dooinney seihllt. (various references)

Pig Latin		aterialistmay

Portuguese		materialismo. (various references)

Romanian		materialist (materialistic). (various references)

Russian		материалист. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		materijalista. (various references)

Spanish		materialista (materialistic, secularist). (various references)

Swedish		materialist. (various references)

Thai		นักวัตถุนิยม. (various references)

Turkish		materyalist, maddeci (material). (various references)

Ukranian		матеріалістичний (materialistic, materialistical), матеріаліст. (various references)

Vietnamese		người theo chủ nghĩa duy vật người nặng về vật chất, người quá thiên về vật chất, người duy vật. (various references)

Welsh		materolwr. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "materialist": materialistic, materialistically, materialists. (additional references)
	Words ending with "materialist": antimaterialist, immaterialist. (additional references)
	Words containing "materialist": antimaterialists, immaterialists, nonmaterialistic. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Materialist" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: marterialist, materalis, materialis, maternalist. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "materialist" (pronounced muti"rēulust)
8	-i" r ē u l u s t	imperialist.
7	-r ē u l u s t	editorialist, industrialist.
6	-ē u l u s t	colonialist.
5	-u l u s t	agriculturalist, analyst, capitalist, catalyst, conversationalist, cyclist, environmentalist, federalist, finalist, formalist, fundamentalist, generalist, gentlest, herbalist, humblest, individualist, institutionalist, instrumentalist, internationalist, journalist, littlest, loyalist, medalist, mercantilist, monopolist, motorcyclist, nationalist, naturalist, neutralist, novelist, panelist, photojournalist, populist, psychoanalyst, semifinalist, socialist, specialist, spiritualist, stablest, survivalist, televangelist, traditionalist, ultranationalist, vocalist.
4	-l u s t	ablest, ballast, bicyclist, calloused, cellist, coolest, cruelest, dullest, fullest, idealist, noblest, palest, simplest, smallest, tallest, violist.
3	-u s t	abolitionist, abortionist, absolutist, accompanist, activist, agonist, agronomist, alarmist, alchemist, allergist, amethyst, amorist, anarchist, anatomist, anesthesiologist, anesthetist, angriest, animist, antagonist, anthropologist, anticommunist, apologist, apprenticed, aquarist, archaeologist, archivist, arsonist, artist, atheist, August, balloonist, barest, behaviorist, biased, biggest, biochemist, biologist, bitterest, blackest, bleakest, bloodiest, bluest, bluntest, boldest, botanist, bravest, breakfast, briefest, brightest, broadest, busiest, buttressed, canoeist, canvassed, cardiologist, caricaturist, cartoonist, chauvinist, cheapest, choicest, clarinetist, classicist, cleanest, closest, coldest, colonist, columnist, communist, conservationist, contortionist, cornettist, craziest, creamiest, criminologist, cultist, darkest, deadliest, dearest, deepest, deforest, deist, densest, dentist, dermatologist, determinist, direst, dirtiest, dishonest, disinterest, driest, druggist, dumbest, earliest, earnest, easiest, ecologist, economist, eldest, elitist, embarrassed, empiricist, encompassed, encyclopedist, endocrinologist, entomologist, epidemiologist, ethicist, ethnomusicologist, exhibitionist, exorcist, expressionist, extremist, faintest, fairest, fanciest, farthest, fascist, fastest, fattest, feminist, fetishist, fewest, fiercest, finest, firmest, fittest, flimsiest, florist, focused, focussed, foggiest, fondest, forest, freest, freshest, friendliest, funnest, funniest, furthest, geneticist, geologist, gerontologist, goldest, grandest, gravest, grayest, greatest, greediest, greenest, grimaced, grimmest, grooviest, guitarist, gymnast, gynecologist, happiest, hardest, harnessed, harshest, harvest, healthiest, heaviest, heftiest, highest, hippest, hobbyist, holiest, honest, hottest, hugest, humorist, hygienist, ideologist, illusionist, immunologist, impressionist, interest, internist, interventionist, isolationist, jaundiced, juiciest, junkiest, keenest, kindest, kremlinologist, largest, latest, laziest, leanest, leftist, librettist, lightest, likeliest, linguist, liveliest, lobbyist, locust, longest, loudest, lowest, luckiest, lyricist, machinist, manicurist, mannerist, masochist, meanest, merest, meteorologist, methodist, microbiologist, mightiest, mildest, mineralogist, misogynist, modernist, modest, motorist, musicologist, narrowest, nastiest, nearest, neatest, neediest, neurologist, neuroscientist, newest, noisiest, noncommunist, nonconformist, noninterest, noticed, nutritionist, oboist, obstructionist, oddest, oldest, oncologist, ophthalmologist, opportunist, organist, orthodontist, orthopedist, pacifist, paleontologist, pathologist, pessimist, pharmacist, philanthropist, physiologist, pianist, polemicist, poorest, prefaced, prejudiced, premised, preservationist, prettiest, priciest, promised, propagandist, protagonist, protectionist, proudest, psychiatrist, psychologist, psychotherapist, purchased, purest, quickest, quietest, quietist, racist, radiologist, rainforest, rainiest, rapist, rarest, receptionist, reddest, refocused, reforest, remotest, repurchased, reservationist, reservist, resurfaced, revolutionist, rheumatologist, richest, rightist, riskiest, ritziest, roughest, rudest, saddest, sadist, safest, satirist, savviest, scariest, scientist, secessionist, secularist, segregationist, seismologist, separatist, serologist, serviced, severest, sexiest, shakiest, sharpest, shortest, showiest, shrewdest, sickest, silliest, skimpiest, skinniest, sleekest, slickest, slightest, slimmest, sloppiest, slowest, smartest, smoggiest, smoothest, sociologist, softest, soonest, soundest, staunchest, steepest, sternest, stickiest, stiffest, stormiest, strangest, strategist, strictest, strongest, stupidest, supremacist, surest, surfaced, sweetest, swiftest, tannest, technologist, tempest, terraced, theorist, therapist, thickest, thinnest, thorniest, tightest, tiniest, toniest, toughest, tourist, toxicologist, trendiest, trickiest, truest, ugliest, unbiased, unfocused, unionist, unkindest, unnoticed, urologist, violinist, virologist, warmest, weakest, wealthiest, weirdest, wettest, whitest, widest, wildest, wisest, witnessed, worthiest, yellowest, youngest, zaniest, zoologist.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-e-i-i-l-m-r-s-t-t"
	-2 letters: aerialist, artemisia, literatim, maltreats, materials, metatarsi, militates, remittals.
	-3 letters: airmails, airtimes, alarmist, amaretti, amirates, ariettas, aristate, imitates, lamister, limiters, literati, maltiest, maltreat, maltster, marliest, marlites, martlets, material, metalist, metritis, militate, miltiest, misalter, mistitle, mistreat, mistrial, ramilies, rattails, remittal, seriatim, smaltite, teratism, tertials.
	-4 letters: aerials, airiest, airmail, airtime, amirate, amities, amritas, arietta, aristae, armlets.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-e-i-i-l-m-r-s-t-t"
	+1 letter: materialists.
	+2 letters: immaterialist, materialistic, materialities, misarticulate, theatricalism.
	+3 letters: immaterialists, impartialities, misarticulated, misarticulates, theatricalisms.
	+4 letters: antimaterialism, antimaterialist, immaterialities, marketabilities, martensitically, multilateralism, multilateralist, reimplantations, thermalizations, transilluminate.
	+5 letters: administratively, antimaterialisms, antimaterialists, grammaticalities, impracticalities, internationalism, malpractitioners, materializations, meristematically, multilateralisms, multilateralists, nonmaterialistic, transilluminated, transilluminates.
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