Sentence examples for as a materialistic from inspiring English sources

Most ill used of all is William Baldwin, whose role as a materialistic lawyer engaged in extramarital kink with a saucy Polish immigrant (Izabella Miko) demands near-naked buttocks and near-constant shrieking.

If so, then functionalism can stand as a materialistic alternative to the Psycho-Physical Identity Thesis (introduced in Place 1956, Feigl 1958, and Smart 1959, and defended more recently in Hill 1991, and Polger 2011), which holds that each type of mental state is identical with a particular type of neural state.

Understanding the structure and function of DNA is crucial to teaching evolution as a "materialistic" phenomenon (Futuyma 2006) dependent wholly on the minutest of materials – molecules and the atoms that make them up – and also dependent on the physical laws that govern their interaction the first and second laws of thermodynamics.

This branch of Indian philosophy is classified as heterodox due to its rejection of the authority of Vedas and hence is not considered part of the six orthodox schools of Hinduism, but it is noteworthy as evidence of a materialistic movement within Hinduism.

But as my vacation came to a close and I moved to purchase souvenirs for my own loved ones, I found myself deep in thought regarding the scenes of compassion I had observed over the past week and a half - as materialistic as presents may be, the exchanges themselves were driven by heartfelt generosity.

Many of our British readers view the riots as the sum of a materialistic culture and a welfare state that has spoiled its citizenry.

When understood in its full context, rather than as a misogynistic, materialistic handmaiden of American capitalism, it is easy to see why hip-hop has such power.

In a potential baby-bath-water scenario, the risk is that by adapting practices such as mindfulness and contemplation for a materialistic world, their essence could become perverted to suit the materialistic worldview.

Millennials aren't as materialistic as previous generations: an Eventbrite study conducted by Harris Poll in 2014 found that 78% of them would prefer to spend money on a desirable experience or event over a desirable object.

In the main aim, their cultural ethos is almost as materialistic as European cultures, with a similar egocentricity.

Whether as materialistic as the KICC or more traditional in their gospel, they are all entrepreneurial.