materialistn.adj.

Brit.

/məˈtɪərɪəlɪst/, U.S.

/məˈtɪriələst/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: material adj., material n., -ist suffix.

Etymology: Partly < material adj. + -ist suffix, and partly < material n. + -ist suffix. Compare French matérialiste (1698 as noun, 1700 (in a translation of Locke) as adjective; earlier in Middle French in sense ‘druggist’ (1555; compare sense A. 4)), German Materialist (1720, after English, although 16th cent. denoting a dealer in spices and groceries).

A. n.

I. Senses relating to the material nature of things.

a. Philosophy. An adherent of materialism. (In quot. 1807 figurative.)

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > materialism > [noun] > adherent of

plenist1660

materialist1668

somatist1676

plenitudinarian1710

post-materialist1976

1668 H. More Divine Dialogues sig. b4^v The proper Characters of the Persons in the ensuing Dialogues... Hylobares, A young, witty, and well-moralized Materialist.

1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. v. 759 The Old Atheistick Materialists.

1739 D. Hume Treat. Human Nature I. iv. 416 The materialists, who conjoin all thought with extension.

1764 J. Boswell Jrnl. 14 Nov. in Boswell on Grand Tour (1953) I. 176 He owned himself an infidel and a materialist, without any notion of futurity.

1801 S. T. Coleridge Let. 23 Mar. (1956) II. 709 Newton was a mere materialist—Mind in his system is always passive—a lazy Looker-on on an external World.

1807 R. Southey Spec. Eng. Poets I. Pref. 31 Those who hold that poetry is an acquirable art,—the materialists of fine literature.

1856 B. Brodie Psychol. Inq. (ed. 3) I. ii. 38 The materialist argues that we know nothing of mind except as being dependent on material organization.

1926 C. Connolly Let. 3 Aug. in Romantic Friendship (1975) 156 He [sc. Santayana] is a materialist, that is to say he considers all ideas to be a part of matter.

1969 C. Ives Ess. Before Sonata i. ii. 27 This habit of not being hindered by using, but still going beyond, the great truths of living to the greater truths of life gave force to his influence over the materialists.

1986 P. Smith & O. R. Jones Philos. of Mind xiii. 182 Taking this option would make us, to use a standard label, eliminative materialists.

b. Christian Church. A member of an ancient heretical sect who believed that God, rather than creating the universe, formed it from matter which had always existed. Cf. Materiarian n. Now historical.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > sect > Christianity > other sects and movements > materialist > [noun]

materialist1702

Materian1736

Materiarian1905

1702 L. Echard Gen. Eccl. Hist. iii. iii. 345 The Heresiarch Hermogenes..maintain'd..that all Evils proceeded out of Matter; from whence he and his Followers were called Materialists.

1730 in N. Bailey et al. Dict. Britannicum Materialists, An antient Sect, who being possessed with this Principle, out of nothing comes nothing, had recourse to eternal Matter, on which they supposed God wrought in the Creation.

1882 W. Smith & H. Wace Dict. Christian Biogr. III. at Hermogenes (1) Though the word ‘materialist’ is first heard of in this controversy, the views of Hermogenes were very unlike those which in modern times go by that name.

†c. Used by Berkeley to denote: a person who believes in the objective existence of matter. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > subjectivism > [noun] > Berkeleyism and its adherents

materialistc1705

Berkeleianism1752

Berkeleyism1779

Berkeleian1792

the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > materialism > [noun] > adherent of > in Berkeley's system

materialistc1705

c1705 G. Berkeley Commonplace Bk. in Wks. (1871) IV. 472 The mind, even according to the materialists, perceiving onely the impressions made upon its brain.

2. A person who favours material possessions and physical comfort over spiritual things; a person who adopts a materialistic way of life.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > existence > materiality > [noun] > materialism or devotion to material things > materialist

corporealist1646

materialist1853

1853 E. Bulwer-Lytton My Novel II. vii. vi. 214 ‘O materialist!’ cried the boy..‘you would debase the gods to a gin-palace.’

1856 R. W. Emerson Eng. Traits xiv. 233 He [sc. the Englishman] loves the axe, the spade, the oar, the gun... He is materialist, economical, mercantile.

1959 J. W. Krutch Human Nature & Human Condition i. 6 But 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.

1979 P. Mortimer About Time ii. 25 My mother's family, stern materialists who believed devoutly in success, refused to have anything to do with him.

1987 Amer. Polit. Sci. Rev. 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.

†3. A person who believes in the physical nature or materiality of heat. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > chemistry > chemistry as a science > chemical theories > [noun] > person holding

materialist1863

1863 J. Tyndall Heat (1870) ii. §18. 24 The development of heat by mechanical means..was a great difficulty with the materialists.

II. Senses relating to physical materials.

†4. An apothecary, a pharmacist. Obsolete. rare. N.E.D. (1905) cites the New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon, but the entry there is in fact for materialista: ‘a merchant who sells the articles of the materia medica’.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > healing > pharmacy > apothecary or pharmacist > [noun]

spicer1297

apothecary1366

ointment makera1382

pothecaryc1387

pigmentarya1398

pottingar1474

pottingary1487

pothecar?a1505

ypothecar1509

potycaryar1533

pharmacopole?1541

drugger1594

confectioner1606

druggist1608

drugster1611

pharmacopoeian1618

druggister1632

druggard1637

chemica1642

pharmacopolist1651

pharmacopolitan1657

pharmacian1658

spicerer1665

pot-carrier1683

pharmacist1721

knight of the pestle1723

materialist1728

chemist and druggist1748

potter-carrier1764

drug man1769

gallipot1785

drug manufacturer1790

pharmaceutist1795

drug dealer1800

chemist1802

pharmaceutical chemist1821

essence-peddler1838

pill roller1843

pill-peddler1855

squirt1859

pill pusher1879

1728 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. (ed. 4) Materialist, a Druggist.

5. In Ireland: a person who mixes the materials for whisky punch. See also material adj. 2b. rare.

ΚΠ

1843 W. M. Thackeray Irish Sketch-bk. I. viii. 168 There is a dirty coffee-room, with a strong smell of whisky; indeed three young ‘materialists’ are employed at the moment.

B. adj.

Of, relating to, characterized by, or advocating materialism (in various senses); materialistic.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > materialism > [adjective]

materialistica1832

materialist1833

post-materialist1976

the world > existence and causation > existence > materiality > [adjective] > materialistic

materialistical1840

materialist1869

materialistic1877

1833 E. Bulwer-Lytton Eng. & English II. iv. x. 238 He has studied Locke, and become materialist.

1869 M. Pattison Serm. (1885) 172 A materialist tone is said to pervade all our reasonings about practical questions.

1870 P. Holmes tr. Tertullian Against Hermogenes xxv, in Writings II. 90 I find from Hermogenes and the rest of the Materialist heretics, that..the earth which was created was a different thing from that out of which it was created.

1876 J. B. Mozley Serm. preached Univ. of Oxf. iii. 70 This horrible materialist indifference to the extinction of our being.

1909 G. K. Chesterton Orthodoxy ix. 281 These supernatural things are never denied except on the basis of anti-democracy or of materialist dogmatism.

1956 J. H. Waszink tr. Tertullian Treat. against Hermogenes 59 I learn from the works of Hermogenes and the other materialist heretics that that other earth, to be sure, was shapeless.

1976 T. Eagleton Crit. & Ideol. i. 21 In the 1930s..Scrutiny had a rival in the form of a fragmentary, notably uneven body of materialist criticism.

1987 S. Bellow More die of Heartbreak 37 The U.S.A., where the materialist aspirations of modern man were being gratified.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	materialist
释义	materialistn.adj. Brit. /məˈtɪərɪəlɪst/, U.S. /məˈtɪriələst/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: material adj., material n., -ist suffix. Etymology: Partly < material adj. + -ist suffix, and partly < material n. + -ist suffix. Compare French matérialiste (1698 as noun, 1700 (in a translation of Locke) as adjective; earlier in Middle French in sense ‘druggist’ (1555; compare sense A. 4)), German Materialist (1720, after English, although 16th cent. denoting a dealer in spices and groceries). A. n. I. Senses relating to the material nature of things. 1. a. Philosophy. An adherent of materialism. (In quot. 1807 figurative.) ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > materialism > [noun] > adherent of plenist1660 materialist1668 somatist1676 plenitudinarian1710 post-materialist1976 1668 H. More Divine Dialogues sig. b4^v The proper Characters of the Persons in the ensuing Dialogues... Hylobares, A young, witty, and well-moralized Materialist. 1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. v. 759 The Old Atheistick Materialists. 1739 D. Hume Treat. Human Nature I. iv. 416 The materialists, who conjoin all thought with extension. 1764 J. Boswell Jrnl. 14 Nov. in Boswell on Grand Tour (1953) I. 176 He owned himself an infidel and a materialist, without any notion of futurity. 1801 S. T. Coleridge Let. 23 Mar. (1956) II. 709 Newton was a mere materialist—Mind in his system is always passive—a lazy Looker-on on an external World. 1807 R. Southey Spec. Eng. Poets I. Pref. 31 Those who hold that poetry is an acquirable art,—the materialists of fine literature. 1856 B. Brodie Psychol. Inq. (ed. 3) I. ii. 38 The materialist argues that we know nothing of mind except as being dependent on material organization. 1926 C. Connolly Let. 3 Aug. in Romantic Friendship (1975) 156 He [sc. Santayana] is a materialist, that is to say he considers all ideas to be a part of matter. 1969 C. Ives Ess. Before Sonata i. ii. 27 This habit of not being hindered by using, but still going beyond, the great truths of living to the greater truths of life gave force to his influence over the materialists. 1986 P. Smith & O. R. Jones Philos. of Mind xiii. 182 Taking this option would make us, to use a standard label, eliminative materialists. b. Christian Church. A member of an ancient heretical sect who believed that God, rather than creating the universe, formed it from matter which had always existed. Cf. Materiarian n. Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > faith > sect > Christianity > other sects and movements > materialist > [noun] materialist1702 Materian1736 Materiarian1905 1702 L. Echard Gen. Eccl. Hist. iii. iii. 345 The Heresiarch Hermogenes..maintain'd..that all Evils proceeded out of Matter; from whence he and his Followers were called Materialists. 1730 in N. Bailey et al. Dict. Britannicum Materialists, An antient Sect, who being possessed with this Principle, out of nothing comes nothing, had recourse to eternal Matter, on which they supposed God wrought in the Creation. 1882 W. Smith & H. Wace Dict. Christian Biogr. III. at Hermogenes (1) Though the word ‘materialist’ is first heard of in this controversy, the views of Hermogenes were very unlike those which in modern times go by that name. †c. Used by Berkeley to denote: a person who believes in the objective existence of matter. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > subjectivism > [noun] > Berkeleyism and its adherents materialistc1705 Berkeleianism1752 Berkeleyism1779 Berkeleian1792 the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > materialism > [noun] > adherent of > in Berkeley's system materialistc1705 c1705 G. Berkeley Commonplace Bk. in Wks. (1871) IV. 472 The mind, even according to the materialists, perceiving onely the impressions made upon its brain. 2. A person who favours material possessions and physical comfort over spiritual things; a person who adopts a materialistic way of life. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > materiality > [noun] > materialism or devotion to material things > materialist corporealist1646 materialist1853 1853 E. Bulwer-Lytton My Novel II. vii. vi. 214 ‘O materialist!’ cried the boy..‘you would debase the gods to a gin-palace.’ 1856 R. W. Emerson Eng. Traits xiv. 233 He [sc. the Englishman] loves the axe, the spade, the oar, the gun... He is materialist, economical, mercantile. 1959 J. W. Krutch Human Nature & Human Condition i. 6 But 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. 1979 P. Mortimer About Time ii. 25 My mother's family, stern materialists who believed devoutly in success, refused to have anything to do with him. 1987 Amer. Polit. Sci. Rev. 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. †3. A person who believes in the physical nature or materiality of heat. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > chemistry > chemistry as a science > chemical theories > [noun] > person holding materialist1863 1863 J. Tyndall Heat (1870) ii. §18. 24 The development of heat by mechanical means..was a great difficulty with the materialists. II. Senses relating to physical materials. †4. An apothecary, a pharmacist. Obsolete. rare. N.E.D. (1905) cites the New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon, but the entry there is in fact for materialista: ‘a merchant who sells the articles of the materia medica’.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > pharmacy > apothecary or pharmacist > [noun] spicer1297 apothecary1366 ointment makera1382 pothecaryc1387 pigmentarya1398 pottingar1474 pottingary1487 pothecar?a1505 ypothecar1509 potycaryar1533 pharmacopole?1541 drugger1594 confectioner1606 druggist1608 drugster1611 pharmacopoeian1618 druggister1632 druggard1637 chemica1642 pharmacopolist1651 pharmacopolitan1657 pharmacian1658 spicerer1665 pot-carrier1683 pharmacist1721 knight of the pestle1723 materialist1728 chemist and druggist1748 potter-carrier1764 drug man1769 gallipot1785 drug manufacturer1790 pharmaceutist1795 drug dealer1800 chemist1802 pharmaceutical chemist1821 essence-peddler1838 pill roller1843 pill-peddler1855 squirt1859 pill pusher1879 1728 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. (ed. 4) Materialist, a Druggist. 5. In Ireland: a person who mixes the materials for whisky punch. See also material adj. 2b. rare. ΚΠ 1843 W. M. Thackeray Irish Sketch-bk. I. viii. 168 There is a dirty coffee-room, with a strong smell of whisky; indeed three young ‘materialists’ are employed at the moment. B. adj. Of, relating to, characterized by, or advocating materialism (in various senses); materialistic. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > materialism > [adjective] materialistica1832 materialist1833 post-materialist1976 the world > existence and causation > existence > materiality > [adjective] > materialistic materialistical1840 materialist1869 materialistic1877 1833 E. Bulwer-Lytton Eng. & English II. iv. x. 238 He has studied Locke, and become materialist. 1869 M. Pattison Serm. (1885) 172 A materialist tone is said to pervade all our reasonings about practical questions. 1870 P. Holmes tr. Tertullian Against Hermogenes xxv, in Writings II. 90 I find from Hermogenes and the rest of the Materialist heretics, that..the earth which was created was a different thing from that out of which it was created. 1876 J. B. Mozley Serm. preached Univ. of Oxf. iii. 70 This horrible materialist indifference to the extinction of our being. 1909 G. K. Chesterton Orthodoxy ix. 281 These supernatural things are never denied except on the basis of anti-democracy or of materialist dogmatism. 1956 J. H. Waszink tr. Tertullian Treat. against Hermogenes 59 I learn from the works of Hermogenes and the other materialist heretics that that other earth, to be sure, was shapeless. 1976 T. Eagleton Crit. & Ideol. i. 21 In the 1930s..Scrutiny had a rival in the form of a fragmentary, notably uneven body of materialist criticism. 1987 S. Bellow More die of Heartbreak 37 The U.S.A., where the materialist aspirations of modern man were being gratified. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1668
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