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Example sentences for: materialism

How can you use “materialism” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

It is a store that knows yuppie materialism is a kind of materialism that thinks of itself as anti-materialistic, because yuppies tend to confuse their restless pursuit of Authenticity when purchasing retail goods with an indifference to material things.
"I think that that is a profound reaction to the materialism of our time and to the hollowness of life if you're only interested in material things."
Shunning shallow materialism is a way to express contempt for the upper class while being a member of the upper class.
And so they find themselves in the cozy position of believing they're beyond materialism while they cruise around in their Ferraris.
Using recent scholarship (in particular, historicism and cultural materialism), Motion places Keats within the context of the radical liberal politics of the early 19 th century.