What should we say about a person who loves his stuff?
What are some appropriate words for loving people? Imagine a car or a pen/tablet or anything like that a person love.
And yes, if I had to choose answer would be this materialist. This is sense 2 of the OED entry on materialist – as follows, with examples.
- What is a materialistic, materialistic person?
1853 E. Bulwer-Lytton My Novel 2. vii. vi. “214 O Materialist!” ‘ cried the boy..’you would debase the gods to a gin-palace.” ‘
1856 R. W. Emerson Eng. Is trace 289 a preface for the Traits xiv.? 233 He of English language and literature. loves the axe, the spade, the oar, the gun in any production and is materialist; he is economical and mercantile.
1959 J. W. Krutch Human Nature & Human Condition i. 6 We are materialists..in the very simple sense that we believe everything worth having can be had if we are willing to spend enough money to get it.
1970 P. Mortimer About Time ii. My mother’s family, stern materialists, who believed devoutly in success, refused to have anything to do with him.
Amer. Sci. Rev. 1984. Amer. Politics & Sci Rev. 1987. 81 1305/1 Materialists are those who place a high priority on a stable economy, economic growth, fighting rising prices and..on securing a high paying job, adequate housing, and a comfortable life.
Why Do People Write about the People?
And yes, if I had to choose answer would be this materialist. This is sense 2 of the OED entry on materialist – as follows, with examples.
- What is a materialistic, materialistic person?
1853 E. Bulwer-Lytton My Novel 2. vii. vi. “214 O Materialist!” ‘ cried the boy..’you would debase the gods to a gin-palace.” ‘
1856 R. W. Emerson Eng. Is trace 289 a preface for the Traits xiv.? 233 He of English language and literature. loves the axe, the spade, the oar, the gun in any production and is materialist; he is economical and mercantile.
1959 J. W. Krutch Human Nature & Human Condition i. 6 We are materialists..in the very simple sense that we believe everything worth having can be had if we are willing to spend enough money to get it.
1970 P. Mortimer About Time ii. My mother’s family, stern materialists, who believed devoutly in success, refused to have anything to do with him.
Amer. Sci. Rev. 1984. Amer. Politics & Sci Rev. 1987. 81 1305/1 Materialists are those who place a high priority on a stable economy, economic growth, fighting rising prices and..on securing a high paying job, adequate housing, and a comfortable life.
Why Do People Write about the People?
And yes, if I had to choose answer would be this materialist. This is sense 2 of the OED entry on materialist – as follows, with examples.
- What is a materialistic, materialistic person?
1853 E. Bulwer-Lytton My Novel 2. vii. vi. “214 O Materialist!” ‘ cried the boy..’you would debase the gods to a gin-palace.” ‘
1856 R. W. Emerson Eng. Is trace 289 a preface for the Traits xiv.? 233 He of English language and literature. loves the axe, the spade, the oar, the gun in any production and is materialist; he is economical and mercantile.
1959 J. W. Krutch Human Nature & Human Condition i. 6 We are materialists..in the very simple sense that we believe everything worth having can be had if we are willing to spend enough money to get it.
1970 P. Mortimer About Time ii. My mother’s family, stern materialists, who believed devoutly in success, refused to have anything to do with him.
Amer. Sci. Rev. 1984. Amer. Politics & Sci Rev. 1987. 81 1305/1 Materialists are those who place a high priority on a stable economy, economic growth, fighting rising prices and..on securing a high paying job, adequate housing, and a comfortable life.
Why Do People Write about the People?
