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Materialistic vs Carnalize - What's the difference?

materialistic | carnalize |

As an adjective materialistic

is being overly concerned with material possessions and wealth.

As a verb carnalize is

to make physical or materialistic, as opposed to spiritual.

materialistic

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Being overly concerned with material possessions and wealth.
  • Of or concerning philosophical materialism.
  • * Charles Kingsley
  • But to me his very spiritualism seemed more materialistic than his physics.

    carnalize

    English

    Alternative forms

    *carnalise

    Verb

    (carnaliz)
  • To make physical or materialistic, as opposed to spiritual
  • We must not allow our worship to become carnalized .

    Derived terms

    *carnalization