This, remember, was a time at which an endless stream of young Westerners from both Europe and the two Americas were heading East, many of them disenchanted with materialistic values and finding, in Buddhism, a source of spiritual renewal.
That source is scientific materialism…If we view the predominant materialistic science as a giant tree, our [intelligent design] strategy is intended to function as a 'wedge' that…can split the trunk" (Discovery 1998).
Traditionally, wealthy feudal lords possessed wide stretches of lands, and in an era of materialistic aspirations and ideals, having such possessions was unanimously considered a source of ultimate power.
One of the traps of materialism, by contrast, is that it locates the sources of happiness in shiny new things indeed, research suggests that materialistic people have unrealistically high expectations for the amount of happiness material goods will bring them.
Young people are materialistic.
She was so materialistic.
