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Recent Examples of materialism
Speaking on ground where the Indonesian military had buried Timorese freedom fighters, Francis warned against the intrusion of Western liberal values that encourage materialism and selfishness.
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Victor Gaetan, Foreign Affairs, 25 Apr. 2025
More generally, the cult invites everyone to focus on themselves and to accept what may come by avoiding materialism as much as possible.
—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
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Victor Gaetan, Foreign Affairs, 25 Apr. 2025
More generally, the cult invites everyone to focus on themselves and to accept what may come by avoiding materialism as much as possible.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for materialism
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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
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George’s storyline this season also highlights his relentlessness and greed.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
17 June 2025
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Described as a darkly satirical tale of family and greed, with Shakespearean roots, the show follows a ruthless real estate tycoon bent on gentrifying the heart of America, whose quest begins to threaten his empire and embroil his family in the violent past of a lakeside town.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
12 June 2025
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It is said that greed and avarice are the oldest human sins.—
MSNBC Newsweek,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 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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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 4 Jul. 2025.
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