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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Materialist \Ma*te"ri*al*ist\ (m[.a]*t[=e]"r[i^]*al*[i^]st), 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. A
believer in {philosophical materialism}.
[1913 Webster +PJC]
2. One who holds to the existence of matter, as distinguished
from the idealist, who denies it. --Berkeley.
[1913 Webster] Materialistic