Greedy vs Materialistic - What's the difference?
greedy | materialistic | Related terms |
Having greed; consumed by selfish desires.
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, title= Prone to overeat.
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Being overly concerned with material possessions and wealth.
Of or concerning philosophical materialism.
* Charles Kingsley
Greedy is a related term of materialistic.
As adjectives the difference between greedy and materialistic
is that greedy is having greed; consumed by selfish desires while materialistic is being overly concerned with material possessions and wealth.greedy
English
Adjective
(er)The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=“[…] Churchill, my dear fellow, we have such greedy sharks, and wolves in lamb's clothing. Oh, dear, there's so much to tell you, so many warnings to give you, but all that must be postponed for the moment.”}}
Synonyms
* gluttonous * See alsoDerived terms
* greed (by back-formation) * greediness * greedy-gutsExternal links
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* (l)materialistic
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- But to me his very spiritualism seemed more materialistic than his physics.
