materialist

Example Sentences

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We are identifying anomalies in the materialist position that must eventually lead to a paradigm shift.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 16, 2025

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

From Seattle Times • Mar. 13, 2024

In 1967, Mr. Celant noticed that some members of the postwar generation of young artists were using humor, provocation and unconventional materials to rebel against both older artistic orthodoxies and materialist pop culture.

From New York Times • Dec. 23, 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