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Even when Darwin's teaching first made its appearance, it became clear at once that its scientific, materialist core, its teaching concerning the evolution of living nature, was antagonistic to the idealism that reigned in biology.
Trofim Lysenko

Meaning of "materialist" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF MATERIALIST

materialist  [məˈtɪərɪəlɪst] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MATERIALIST

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adjective
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pronoun
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conjunction
determiner
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Materialist is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES MATERIALIST MEAN IN ENGLISH?

materialist

Materialism

In philosophy, the theory of materialism holds that matter is the fundamental substance in nature, and that all emergent phenomena are the result of material interactions. In other words, the theory claims that our reality consists entirely of physical matter that is the sole cause of every possible occurrence, including human thought, feeling, and action. Materialism is typically considered to be closely related to, or synonymous with, physicalism. Contrasting philosophies include idealism and other forms of monism, dualism, and pluralism.

Definition of materialist in the English dictionary

The definition of materialist in the dictionary is a person who is interested in and desires money, possessions, etc, rather than spiritual or ethical values. Other definition of materialist is an adherent of the monist doctrine that matter is the only reality and that the mind, the emotions, etc, are merely functions of it.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MATERIALIST


aerialist
ˈɛərɪəlɪst
antimaterialist
ˌæntɪməˈtɪərɪəlɪst
antirealist
ˌæntɪˈrɪəlɪst
cerealist
ˈsɪərɪəlɪst
curialist
ˈkjʊərɪəlɪst
editorialist
ˌɛdɪˈtɔːrɪəlɪst
hyperrealist
ˌhaɪpəˈrɪəlɪst
imperialist
ɪmˈpɪərɪəlɪst
industrialist
ɪnˈdʌstrɪəlɪst
managerialist
ˌmænɪˈdʒɪərɪəlɪst
memorialist
mɪˈmɔːrɪəlɪst
mercurialist
mɜːˈkjʊərɪəlɪst
ministerialist
ˌmɪnɪˈstɪərɪəlɪst
neorealist
ˌniːəʊˈrɪəlɪst
photorealist
ˌfəʊtəʊˈrɪəlɪst
pictorialist
pɪkˈtɔːrɪəlɪst
realist
ˈrɪəlɪst
serialist
ˈsɪərɪəlɪst
superrealist
ˌsuːpəˈrɪəlɪst
territorialist
ˌterɪˈtɔːrɪəlɪst

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MATERIALIST

materfamilias
materia medica
material
material implication
material mode
materialisation
materialise
materialiser
materialism
materialistic
materialistical
materialistically
materiality
materialization
materialize
materializer
materially
materialness
materials
materiel

WORDS THAT END LIKE MATERIALIST

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brutalist
capitalist
centralist
finalist
fundamentalist
generalist
hospitalist
idealist
journalist
mentalist
minimalist
nationalist
naturalist
Orientalist
photojournalist
removalist
sensationalist
socialist
specialist
vocalist

Synonyms and antonyms of materialist in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «materialist» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MATERIALIST

Find out the translation of materialist to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of materialist from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «materialist» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

唯物主义
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

materialista
570 millions of speakers

English

materialist
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

भौतिकवादी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

المادي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

материалист
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

materialista
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

জড়বাদী
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

matérialiste
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Materialis
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

materialistisch
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

唯物論者
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

유물 론적
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Materialist
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

vật
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பொருள்வாத
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

भौतिकवादी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

materyalist
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

materialista
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

materialista
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

матеріаліст
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

materialist
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

υλιστική
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

materialistiese
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

materia
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

materialist
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of materialist

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MATERIALIST»

The term «materialist» is regularly used and occupies the 80.972 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MATERIALIST» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about materialist

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10 QUOTES WITH «MATERIALIST»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word materialist.
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John Berger
The human imagination... has great difficulty in living strictly within the confines of a materialist practice or philosophy. It dreams, like a dog in its basket, of hares in the open.
2
Lionel Blue
The secular world is more spiritual than it thinks, just as the ecclesiastical world is more materialist than it cares to acknowledge.
3
Fidel Castro
Sorry, I'm still a dialectical materialist.
4
Malcolm de Chazal
The idealist walks on tiptoe, the materialist on his heels.
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Imran Khan
Spirituality does two things for you. One, you are forced to become more selfless, two, you trust to providence. The opposite of a spiritual man is a materialist. If I was a materialist I would be making lots of money doing endorsements, doing cricket commentary. I have no interest in that.
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Trofim Lysenko
The classics of Marxism, while fully appreciating the significance of the Darwinian theory, pointed out the errors of which Darwin was guilty. Darwin's theory, though unquestionably materialist in its main features, is not free from some serious errors.
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Trofim Lysenko
Darwinism as presented by Darwin contradicted idealistic philosophy, and this contradiction grew deeper with the development of its materialist teaching.
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Trofim Lysenko
Even when Darwin's teaching first made its appearance, it became clear at once that its scientific, materialist core, its teaching concerning the evolution of living nature, was antagonistic to the idealism that reigned in biology.
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Trofim Lysenko
A major fault, for example, is the fact that, along with the materialist principle, Darwin introduced into his theory of evolution reactionary Malthusian ideas.
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Marvin Olasky
Materialist philosophies that treat human beings as machines or animals possess the high ground in our culture - academia, the most powerful media and many of our courts.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MATERIALIST»

Discover the use of materialist in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to materialist and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Mind and Cosmos: Why the Materialist Neo-Darwinian ...
This failure to account for something so integral to nature as mind, argues philosopher Thomas Nagel, is a major problem, threatening to unravel the entire naturalistic world picture, extending to biology, evolutionary theory, and cosmology ...
Thomas Nagel, 2012
2
Materialist Shakespeare: A History
The essays chosen for this book cover all of Shakespeare's dramatic genres and include works on King Lear, Othello, As You Like It, Measure for Measure, The Tempest, The Merchant of Venice, Henry V, Macbeth, The Taming of the Shrew and ...
Ivo Kamps, 1995
3
Materialist Feminism: A Reader in Class, Difference, and ...
Materialist Feminism: A Reader argues against the retreat to multiculturalism for keeping invisible the material links among the explosion of meaning-making practices in highly industrialized social sectors, the exploitation of women's ...
Rosemary Hennessy, Chrys Ingraham, 1997
4
A Materialist Theory of the Mind
First published in 1968, this text remains the most compelling, comprehensive statement of the view that the mind is material. In the preface to this new edition, the author reflects on the book's impact in the light of recent debates.
D.M. Armstrong, 2002
5
More Than Belief: A Materialist Theory of Religion
In this book, Manuel Vasquez maps out the dynamics of this paradigm shift, exploring systematically the epistemological and methodological challenges contemporary social theory poses for traditional approaches to religious studies.
Manuel A. Vásquez, 2011
6
Postcolonial Studies: A Materialist Critique
A powerful selection of essays by one of the most important critics in postcolonial studies, arguing for practices of reading and criticism fully attentive to historical circumstances and socio-material conditions.
Benita Parry, 2004
7
Metamorphoses: Towards a Materialist Theory of Becoming
Cross-referring in a creative way to Deleuze's and Irigaray's respective philosophies of difference, the book addresses key notions such as embodiment, immanence, sexual difference, nomadism and the materiality of the subject.
Rosi Braidotti, 2013
8
Materialist Ethics and Life-Value
A timely re-thinking of "the good life" that reveals its grounds in human life-requirements and identifies key social threats to happiness.
Jeff Noonan, 2012
9
Materialist Film
A polemical introduction to the avant-garde and experimental in film (including making and viewing), this book is a highly original, thought-provoking book, originally published in 1989.
Peter Gidal, 2013
10
A Materialist Critique of English Romantic Drama
'... The book will be of interest to Romanticists in general, not just drama specialists, and those interested in applied Marxist theory will find the book valuable. Byron specialists will find this an essential book.
Daniel P. Watkins, 1993

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MATERIALIST»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term materialist is used in the context of the following news items.
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Obama and Trump: Two of a Kind
So Obama is Trump's doppelgänger. The two see the world in similarly materialist — though, again, opposite — terms: Trump wants net worth ... «National Review Online, Jul 15»
2
Foreword to The Frankfurt School, Postmodernism and the Politics of …
... reactionary character of the anti-materialist and anti-Marxist intellectual tendencies—related to various branches of existentialist irrationalism, ... «World Socialist Web Site, Jul 15»
3
How Do You Pin Down the Concept of Purgatory?
... which reminds us of how many or how few Catholics nowadays counter the “anti-materialist bias” of the Church as they insist on the reality of ... «PopMatters, Jul 15»
4
Duties of care in the study of literature.
In most cases, even critical 'Theory' of the most abstract and seemingly impalpable kind appears at bottom to be based on a materialist idea of ... «The Fortnightly Review, Jul 15»
5
The problem with the Corbyn strategy
... it implies compromise, so is repugnant to the true believers, who despise the voters and refuse to be tainted by their vulgar, materialist views. «Left Foot Forward, Jul 15»
6
Bigot lectures on tolerance
His stance with regard to Syrians who join Isis is fundamentally different, identifying a materialist basis for their doing so — his contention that President Bashar ... «Morning Star Online, Jul 15»
7
Radical Populism in Crisis-Era Greece: Examining the Impact of …
The ephemeral sense of well being positively affected a shift towards post-materialist values in Greek society (Diakoumakos, 2012). It was this paradigmatic shift, ... «Student Pulse, Jul 15»
8
Contemplating Catastrophe, Environmentalists Embrace Existentialism
We are not going to survive by getting better at doing what we're already doing, these writers argue; what's needed is an end to materialist, ... «MIT Technology Review, Jul 15»
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What's the point of the church?
The trap of individualism comes from a materialist philosophy that holds that the physical world is all there is, so we'd all just better look out for ... «Mennonite World Review, Jul 15»
10
Off the Beaten Course: ANTH 537
... modern medicine can learn from traditional healers — things that can enhance our well-being to a greater degree than materialist science. «SDSU Newscenter, Jul 15»

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