Freegans embrace community, generosity, social concern, freedom, cooperation, and sharing in opposition to a society based on materialism, moral apathy, competition, conformity, and greed.
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Materialism
//məˈtɪɹiəlɪzəm//
Synonyms for "materialism" (67 found)
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Closest matches (14)
Strong matches (20)
Related words (33)
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1 entriesSynonyms
2 entriesRelated terms
4 entriesderived
13 entriesderived from
1 entrieshas context
1 entrieshas property
1 entriesis a
2 entriesrelated to
5 entriesTranslations
60 translations across 33 languages.
Arabic
2 entries- مَادِّيَّة noun (concern over material possessions)
- مَادِّيَّة noun (philosophical belief)
Armenian
1 entries- մատերիալիզմ noun (philosophical belief)
Belarusian
2 entries- матэрыялі́зм noun (concern over material possessions)
- матэрыялі́зм noun (philosophical belief)
Bengali
1 entries- বস্তুবাদ noun (philosophical belief)
Burmese
1 entries- ရုပ်ဝါဒ noun (concern over material possessions)
Catalan
2 entries- materialisme noun (concern over material possessions)
- materialisme noun (philosophical belief)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 唯物主義 /唯物主义 noun (philosophical belief)
- 唯物論 /唯物论 noun (philosophical belief)
Czech
1 entries- materialismus noun (concern over material possessions)
Esperanto
2 entries- materialismo noun (philosophical belief)
- materiismo noun (philosophical belief)
Finnish
2 entries- materialismi noun (concern over material possessions)
- materialismi noun (philosophical belief)
French
2 entries- matérialisme noun (concern over material possessions)
- matérialisme noun (philosophical belief)
Galician
1 entries- materialismo noun (concern over material possessions)
Georgian
1 entries- მატერიალიზმი noun (concern over material possessions)
German
2 entries- Materialismus noun (concern over material possessions)
- Materialismus noun (philosophical belief)
Greek
2 entries- υλισμός noun (concern over material possessions)
- υλισμός noun (philosophical belief)
Ido
1 entries- materialismo noun (concern over material possessions)
Interlingua
1 entries- materialismo noun (concern over material possessions)
Irish
3 entries- saoltacht noun (concern over material possessions)
- ábharachas noun (concern over material possessions)
- ábharachas noun (philosophical belief)
Italian
1 entries- materialismo noun (concern over material possessions)
Japanese
2 entries- 唯物主義 noun (philosophical belief)
- 唯物論 noun (philosophical belief)
Khmer
2 entries- លោកាយតទិដ្ឋិ noun (philosophical belief)
- សម្ភារនិយម noun (concern over material possessions)
Persian
3 entries- مادهانگاری noun (concern over material possessions)
- مادهباوری noun (concern over material possessions)
- مادهگرایی noun (concern over material possessions)
Polish
2 entries- materializm noun (concern over material possessions)
- materializm noun (philosophical belief)
Portuguese
2 entries- materialismo noun (concern over material possessions)
- materialismo noun (philosophical belief)
Romanian
2 entries- materialism noun (concern over material possessions)
- materialism noun (philosophical belief)
Russian
2 entries- материали́зм noun (concern over material possessions)
- материали́зм noun (philosophical belief)
Spanish
2 entries- materialismo noun (concern over material possessions)
- materialismo noun (philosophical belief)
Swedish
1 entries- materialism noun (philosophical belief)
Tagalog
2 entries- hilig-makalupa noun (concern over material possessions)
- pagkamakasangkap noun (philosophical belief)
Thai
4 entries- วัตถุนิยม noun (concern over material possessions)
- วัตถุนิยม noun (philosophical belief)
- สสารนิยม noun (concern over material possessions)
- สสารนิยม noun (philosophical belief)
Ukrainian
2 entries- матеріалі́зм noun (concern over material possessions)
- матеріалі́зм noun (philosophical belief)
Urdu
2 entries- مادہ پرستی noun (concern over material possessions)
- مادیت noun (concern over material possessions)
Volapük
2 entries- materim noun (concern over material possessions)
- stöfim noun (philosophical belief)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
You grew up with too much materialism, and now you envy your neighbours.
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The prosaic materialism of the majority condemns as madness the flashes of super-sight which penetrate the common veil of obvious empiricism.
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I thought "like money for a cat" was different than "like pearls before swine". I thought it was a tribute to the exemplary nature of the cat and the ultimate meaninglessness of the materialism of money.
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