materialist

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In one of several misleading rhetorical sleights, Ms. Goldstein credits the materialist focus of Greek philosophy with inventing the secular, a modern concept.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026

Rastafari reject materialist values and often practice a strict oneness with nature.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 13, 2024

In “Garden,” she questions the power she ascribed to materialist totems— like a wedding, a house and a garden— to bring her happiness.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 28, 2023

If the "Sex and the City" universe is a fantasia of materialist gloss tethered to reality by genuine truths, then the personifications of this idea should maintain a crumb of constancy.

From Salon • Jul. 23, 2023

But we have no documents from the Natufian culture, so when dealing with ancient periods the materialist school reigns supreme.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari