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Recent Examples of materialism
Yamaguchi’s spirituality and renunciation of materialism still found its way into his artistic practice.
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Nathan Pugh, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Dec. 2024
Tissot was particularly fascinated by the mores and materialism of high society.
—Brigit Katz, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Jan. 2025
Scientism, or scientific materialism, is the dogmatic belief that science and its methods for gathering information are the only valid sources for true knowledge.
—Arianna Huffington, TIME, 11 Dec. 2024
This makes perfect sense, since if the self has an end (materialism, remember), then the self is an appropriate end in itself.
—Christian Wiman, Harper's Magazine, 2 Aug. 2024
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Nathan Pugh, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Dec. 2024
Tissot was particularly fascinated by the mores and materialism of high society.
—Brigit Katz, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Jan. 2025
Scientism, or scientific materialism, is the dogmatic belief that science and its methods for gathering information are the only valid sources for true knowledge.
—Arianna Huffington, TIME, 11 Dec. 2024
This makes perfect sense, since if the self has an end (materialism, remember), then the self is an appropriate end in itself.
—Christian Wiman, Harper's Magazine, 2 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for materialism
Noun
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This is an age of television contracts and commercialism and Musiala, less an outstanding player more a uniquely special one, is invaluable within that context.—
Sebastian Stafford-Bloor,
The Athletic,
14 Feb. 2025
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Tim Robinson and Sam Richardson, the comedic geniuses behind Detroiters, a sitcom about an underdog advertising firm, have finally made it to the pinnacle of American commercialism: the Super Bowl.—
Miles Klee,
Rolling Stone,
9 Feb. 2025
Noun
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For Schomburg, a tale of greed and disregard for the wider population is actually inspiring given the actions of the people who came together to expose the fraud.—
Stewart Clarke,
Deadline,
20 Feb. 2025
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Attempts to cast him as a staunch proponent of American restraint or opponent of corporate greed do not reflect his pre-political career, never fit his first-term policies, and don’t describe his current ones.—
Yair Rosenberg,
The Atlantic,
20 Feb. 2025
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In this coming era—during which fear, corruption, and avarice will stand in prominence—gentleness, morality, and reason must be cherished in whatever form they can be found.—
The New Yorker,
The New Yorker,
17 Jan. 2025
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Its third and latest season offers a sharp dissection of how work can become an obsession, the false promises of ethical investing, and the endless cycle of avarice to which stockbrokers (and perhaps the rest of us) belong.—
Sophie Gilbert,
The Atlantic,
12 Dec. 2024
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Pilgrimage, though couched in spiritual aims, often bordered on sheer cupidity.—
Aatish Taseer,
New York Times,
9 Nov. 2023
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To cupidity, and beyond!—
Kyle Smith,
WSJ,
16 June 2022
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Or consider the explorers who left a cold and hungry Europe in search of tropical riches, only to realize that their own rapacity could quickly exhaust the bounty of an island paradise.—
Deborah R. Coen,
Foreign Affairs,
12 Feb. 2014
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Adjacent to the Gold Room was the Bravo Bazaar, a mall of real commercial rapacity.—
Doreen St. Félix,
The New Yorker,
17 Nov. 2023
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“Materialism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/materialism. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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