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
Definitions:
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(1)
(materialistic) overly concerned with wealth and possessions at the expense of other interests
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Less commonly, in philosophy, materialistic can refer to the belief that everything, including our thoughts, are caused by physical effects over which we have no control.