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" (75 found)
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coarsenesscommonsense realismdialectical materialismearthinessearthlinessearthly-mindednessempiricismepiphenomenalismfallen naturefallen statefleshfleshlinessgrossnesshistorical materialismhylomorphismhylotheismhylozoismidealismlapsed state
Noun(4 words)
Related words (37)
marxismmechanismmundanenessnatural realismnaturalismnew realismnonspiritualityphilistinismphilosophyphysicalismphysicismpositive philosophypositivismpostlapsarian statepragmaticismpragmatismrealismrepresentative realismsecularismsubstantialism
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swinishnesstemporalitythe beastthe fleshthe offending adamthe old adamunspiritualityworldlinessworldly-mindedness
Noun(8 words)
materialist culturematerialist philosophymaterialist sociologyphilistinismpurely physicalreductive materialismworldly successworldly values
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7 entriesadvertising influencebrand orientationdialectical materialismhistorical materialismphysicalismreductionismstatus seeking
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6 entriesdialectical materialismeconomic materialismhistorical materialismmaterialist culturephilosophical materialismscientific materialism
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3 entriesSample 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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