antimaterialistic
- adjective
- /ˌæntiˌmætəˈrɪlɪstɪk/
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antimaterialista
- Yes, about 40% of the class was private school kids, and the rest of us were pretty intimidated by the fact that they did come in better educated than we were, not much by their money because the 1960s antimaterialistic values were still pretty strong.
Examples
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Planning a world for highly cooperative, antimaterialistic, ecologically sensitive vegetarians would be of little value in correcting today's situation.
Academic text (1992) -
(6.37) states that they were eventually thrown away as superfluous by this rigorously antimaterialistic philosopher.
Academic text (1995) -
A few critics questioned then, and many scholars have criticized since, Stieglitz's ability to reconcile the financial drive of his business with the antimaterialistic, spiritual claims he made for its art.
Academic text (2003) -
TOCQUEVILLE'S ANTIMATERIALISTIC JUDGMENTS
Academic text (2001) -
Many philosophers advocate for an antimaterialistic lifestyle that prioritizes experiences over possessions.
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In a world obsessed with wealth, her antimaterialistic beliefs inspired her to live simply and focus on what truly matters.
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His antimaterialistic views influenced the community to value relationships and kindness over money and things.
Synonyms
Not caring much about money or things and valuing experiences and ideas more
Not wanting to own many things
Antonyms
How Materialistic
Surface Forms
Morphology
antimaterialistic = materialistic (transparent) = anti + material + istic
This is a straightforward negative formation from 'materialistic', with 'anti-' giving the meaning of opposition or rejection.
Etymology
Antimaterialistic starts with anti- meaning 'against' and comes from material meaning 'things' or 'stuff', related to the word materialism. So an antimaterialistic lifestyle is 'against' valuing possessions and prefers experiences, help, or simple living instead.