'Materialist' definitions:
Definition of 'materialist'
(from WordNet)
noun
Someone with great regard for material possessions
noun
Someone who thinks that nothing exists but physical matter
Definition of 'Materialist'
From: GCIDE
- Materialist \Ma*te"ri*al*ist\ (m[.a]*t[=e]"r[i^]*al*[i^]st), n. [Cf. F. mat['e]rialiste.]
- 1. One who denies the existence of spiritual substances or agents, and maintains that spiritual phenomena, so called, are the result of some peculiar organization of matter. A believer in philosophical materialism. [1913 Webster +PJC]
- 2. One who holds to the existence of matter, as distinguished from the idealist, who denies it. --Berkeley. [1913 Webster] Materialistic