Both Uses of
materialistic
in
The Idiot
- The whole tendency of our latest centuries, in its scientific and materialistic aspect, is most probably accursed.†
Chpt 3.4 *materialistic = too concerned with wealth and possessions
- I remarked to him, with a smile, that he spoke like a materialist, and he answered that he had always been one.†
Chpt 3.5
Definition:
overly concerned with wealth and possessions at the expense of other interests