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Recent Examples of materialism
More generally, the cult invites everyone to focus on themselves and to accept what may come by avoiding materialism as much as possible.
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Emilien Hofman (tr. Elettra Pauletto), The Dial, 20 Mar. 2025
Its production pedigree and glib roasting of materialism through the magic-using preppy Kaz set it apart from the majority of animated and live-action series alike.
—Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 2 May 2025
Luxury’s Existential Crisis In societies where inequality is soaring, materialism increasingly questioned and younger generations prioritize values over status, luxury must be redefined.
—Laurence Lim, WWD, 11 Mar. 2025
This is not wisdom but an acceptance of human nature that can lead to a transcendence from materialism.
—Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2025
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Emilien Hofman (tr. Elettra Pauletto), The Dial, 20 Mar. 2025
Its production pedigree and glib roasting of materialism through the magic-using preppy Kaz set it apart from the majority of animated and live-action series alike.
—Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 2 May 2025
Luxury’s Existential Crisis In societies where inequality is soaring, materialism increasingly questioned and younger generations prioritize values over status, luxury must be redefined.
—Laurence Lim, WWD, 11 Mar. 2025
This is not wisdom but an acceptance of human nature that can lead to a transcendence from materialism.
—Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for materialism
Noun
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But from the beginning, Chiuri was the target of critics who skimmed over the political messages of her shows and dismissed her efforts to create wearable wardrobe options for women as bland commercialism.—
Joelle Diderich,
Footwear News,
29 May 2025
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Gosney said Soleri’s opposition to commercialism had stymied the growth of Arcosanti, a community already separate from major metropolitan areas.—
Chase Hunter,
The Mercury News,
18 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Crashes, bubbles, greed, fear—it’s all been done before.—
David Materazzi,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2025
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This Orwellian hypocrisy is the madness that develops from decades of greed, corruption, moral failure and cultural anomie.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
4 June 2025
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This was not the only time Steel tried to cast Mia as motivated by avarice.—
Victoria Bekiempis,
Vulture,
2 June 2025
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Luther’s reforms changed the church forever, and arguably saved it from collapsing under the weight of its own power and avarice.—
S.E. Cupp,
New York Daily News,
22 May 2025
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Tablets: Secrets of the Clay by Dunya Mikhail Sue Halpern For the Love of Money Sarah Wynn-Williams’s damning memoir of working at Facebook exposes the predatory cupidity of the company’s executives.—
Rachel Nolan,
The New York Review of Books,
9 May 2025
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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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In recent books, French has borrowed elements of the western genre to explore corporate rapacity in the era of climate change and looked at life in a small Irish village with the ear to both insider and outsider.—
Marc Weingarten,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Apr. 2025
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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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“Materialism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/materialism. Accessed 13 Jun. 2025.
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