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Recent Examples of materialism
Catholicism offers ritual without the tedium of rationality; anarchism offers revolutionary action against inequality without the taint of materialism, the prospect of personal gain.
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Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2025
With Marxism tainted by its aggressive materialism, and mere democratic socialism so mere, anarchism could be imagined as a series of defiant spiritual acts.
—Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2025
Your connection to Valentine’s Day is rooted in meaningful family traditions and genuine desire for connection, not materialism.
—Anna Pulley, Chicago Tribune, 20 Feb. 2025
The image of monkey god Hanuman, representing wisdom, strength, courage, devotion and self-discipline, is prominently placed in the series, which pits Western notions of wealth and materialism against Buddhist concepts of selflessness and spirituality.
—Jordan Riefe, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Feb. 2025
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Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2025
With Marxism tainted by its aggressive materialism, and mere democratic socialism so mere, anarchism could be imagined as a series of defiant spiritual acts.
—Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2025
Your connection to Valentine’s Day is rooted in meaningful family traditions and genuine desire for connection, not materialism.
—Anna Pulley, Chicago Tribune, 20 Feb. 2025
The image of monkey god Hanuman, representing wisdom, strength, courage, devotion and self-discipline, is prominently placed in the series, which pits Western notions of wealth and materialism against Buddhist concepts of selflessness and spirituality.
—Jordan Riefe, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for materialism
Noun
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Sure, there’s a reasonable and informed argument to be made that its big-budget excess, rampant commercialism, and formulaic checkbox-checking exemplify everything wrong with the AAA gaming industry right now.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
18 Apr. 2025
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These factions would seem to be holiday rivals of a sort, like people who can’t get enough of all Christmas and the camp bemoaning its commercialism.—
Colin Fleming,
New York Daily News,
14 Feb. 2025
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Prosecutors argued the brothers acted out of greed, resorting to murder to get their multimillion-dollar inheritances before being cut out of their parents’ will.—
Nancy Dillon,
Rolling Stone,
17 Apr. 2025
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Prosecutors said the killings were motivated by greed, pointing to a multimillion-dollar inheritance.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Apr. 2025
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The public's reaction to his killing has highlighted the avarice and inequality that many Americans believe is at the root of the country's health care system, Axios' Ivana Saric writes.—
Sareen Habeshian,
Axios,
11 Dec. 2024
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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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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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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 1 May. 2025.
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