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Meanings of materialistic in inglês

Marked by materialism.

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Conforming to the standards and conventions of the middle class.

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Examples for "mercenary"
Examples for "mercenary"
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As a result, the mercenary presence was a token one at best.
A Day Dark as Night
2
I spat, none too pleased with my situation, press-ganged into mercenary service.
The Wise Man’s Fear
3
They might have been House colors, or perhaps they marked mercenary companies.
Knife of dreams
4
He is a mercenary: he works for money; he sells his loyalty.
The Scar
5
The mercenary captain quickly glanced around the plaza, taking in the situation.
The nomad
1
And she snubbed her more worldly-minded followers and devoted herself to his amusement.
Senator North
2
The congregation was a small one, composed of well-bred, worldly-minded folk.
A Circuit Rider's Wife
3
His appointment is one which even a worldly-minded man might covet.
An Australian in China / Being the Narrative of a Quiet Journey ...
4
Besides, Christians even may become worldly-minded, and their religious affections low.
The Faithful Steward / Or, Systematic Beneficence an Essential o...
5
Even the most worldly-minded of her friends would have taken such an impeachment ill.
In the Fire of the Forge: A Romance of Old Nuremberg — Volume 03
Usage of materialistic in inglês
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The months ahead are likely to start on rather a materialistic note.
The South African
2
Don't allow important decisions to be influenced by a subtly materialistic flavor.
The South African
3
Kasser conducted a 2014 meta-analysis of hundreds of studies of materialistic values.
The Guardian
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Don't allow important decisions to be influenced by an overly materialistic flavor!
The South African
5
Highly subtle planetary accents are likely to bring out a materialistic undercurrent.
The South African
6
A generation of people who are materialistic, given to consumerism, and individualistic.
Reuters
7
He is so earnest, so materialistic in his relation to the world.
The Abandoned Room
8
A natural sympathy existed between her and his rather hard, materialistic mother.
The Prussian Officer
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Spiritual doctrines do not actually limit the mind as do materialistic denials.
Orthodoxy
10
At length mediums or possessed by departed spirits alarmed the materialistic pastors.
Secret Enemies of True Republicanism / Most important developmen...
11
Music says there is a desperate need to rethink our materialistic tendencies.
The Guardian
12
Education becomes unreal and far fetched, while industry becomes ruthless and materialistic.
The Spirit of Youth and the City Streets
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People who possess this type are essentially practical, logical, and rather materialistic.
Palmistry for All
14
A very slightly materialistic attitude may be the root cause for this.
The South African
15
But to me his very 'spiritualism' seemed more materialistic than his physics.
Phaethon: Loose Thoughts for Loose Thinkers
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We've been having a materialistic time, Marcella, ever since Huxley and Darwin.
Captivity
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