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concerned with wealth and possessions at the expense of other interests
- And afterward an out-and-out materialistic world—and the Catholic Church.1.4 — Narcissus Off Duty (87% in)
- Not that he doubted the war—Germany stood for everything repugnant to him; for materialism and the direction of tremendous licentious force; it was just that Burne's face stayed in his memory and he was sick of the hysteria he was beginning to hear.1.4 — Narcissus Off Duty (74% in)
- All the materialists rampant, all the idolizers of German science and efficiency.1.4 — Narcissus Off Duty (76% in)
- So now I know I'm a materialist and I was fraternizing with the hay when you came out and stood by the woods, scared to death."2.3 — Young Irony (33% in)
- I'm a romantic little materialist."2.3 — Young Irony (35% in)
- "Oh, I suppose heaven would, if there was one," she said finally, "a sort of pagan heaven—you ought to be a materialist," she continued irrelevantly.2.3 — Young Irony (43% in)
- His materialism, always a thin cloak, was torn to shreds by Eleanor's blasphemy....2.3 — Young Irony (84% in)
There are no more uses of "materialistic" in This Side of Paradise.
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