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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Materialist  \Ma*te"ri*al*ist\,  n.  [Cf.  F.  mat['e]rialiste.] 
  1.  One  who  denies  the  existence  of  spiritual  substances  or 
  agents,  and  maintains  that  spiritual  phenomena,  so  called 
  are  the  result  of  some  peculiar  organization  of  matter. 
 
  2.  One  who  holds  to  the  existence  of  matter,  as  distinguished 
  from  the  idealist,  who  denies  it  --Berkeley. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  materialist 
  n  1:  someone  with  great  regard  for  worldly  possessions 
  2:  someone  who  thinks  that  nothing  exists  but  physical  matter 
  [syn:  {irreligionist}] 




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