Both Uses
materialistic
in
The Idiot
(Auto-generated)
- 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:
-
(1)
(materialistic) overly concerned with wealth and possessions at the expense of other interests
-
(2)
(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.