materialist

as in philistine
a person who is chiefly interested in material comfort and is hostile or indifferent to art and culture a materialist who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing

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Noun
  • Venture capitalist Peter Thiel will give you $200,000.
    Muskaan Arshad, Fortune, 16 Aug. 2025
  • Notable guests read like the who’s who from across industries, from author Elaine Welteroth and Senator Corey Booker to venture capitalist Chris Lyons, to name a few.
    Doug Melville, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
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  • Carnival Midway’s cast of trapeze artists, aerialists, jugglers and clowns perform every hour on the half hour, starting at 1:30 p.m. (on weekends, the show kicks off at 11:30a.m.).
    Alex Schechter, Travel + Leisure, 14 Aug. 2025
  • Guests were surrounded by a surreal landscape of vanishing walls, floating furniture, and a creepy clown with a menacing smile.
    Simon Thompson, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025
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“Materialist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/materialist. Accessed 27 Aug. 2025.

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