materialism

Example Sentences

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Despite the North’s social progress in guaranteeing universal income, health care and child care, Lucca is unmoored by its intrinsic materialism and spiritual chaos.

From Washington Post

All is made of atoms, a claim that leads to a brief overview of the history of materialism.

From Washington Post

It used to be called materialism, but Miss Manners recognizes that the condition is so contagious as to no longer be distinguishing.

From Washington Post

"My headline is you can't fix internal issues with external things. You can't fix psychological issues, personal issues with fame or with success or with materialism or with external validation," Moby said.

From Reuters

Rejecting mainstream conservative values, economic materialism and war, they instead focused on spirituality, the human condition and sexual liberation, as well as the use of psychedelic drugs.

From BBC