material prosperity

collocation in English

meaningsofmaterialandprosperity

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material
adjective
uk
/məˈtɪə.ri.əl/us
/məˈtɪr.i.əl/
relating to physical objects or money rather than emotions or the ...
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prosperity
noun[U]
uk
/prɒsˈper.ə.ti/us
/prɑːˈsper.ə.t̬i/
the state of being successful and having a lot ...
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(Definition ofmaterialandprosperityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofmaterial prosperity

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Those aged 18-24 were preoccupied withmaterialprosperityand identified disproportionately with the middle class.
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The environmental protests, therefore, came aftermaterialprosperity.
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They were socialised in a society marked bymaterialprosperityand solid, largely unchallenged democratic institutions, and they have been growing on the soil of an emerging multi-cultural society.
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This great weakness is thatmaterialprosperitygives rise to surprising and rather disturbing proportions of moral destitution.
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Thematerialprosperityof any industrial country must be measured by two things.
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Individuals have, perhaps, lost everything and have suffered greatly, but the nation as a whole has not had itsmaterialprosperityimpaired.
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Apart from these rare exceptions, you would find a sense ofmaterialprosperityand great tranquillity.
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They are at this moment enjoying a considerable measure ofmaterialprosperity.
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It was on those lines only that they could attain to realmaterialprosperity.
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I am sure he would peacefully persuade him to join the union which was doing so much to promote hismaterialprosperity.
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During this century, ourmaterialprosperityhas increased and wealth has been enormously more widely dispersed among our people.
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This does not mean thatmaterialprosperityis not to me a wholly desirable aim.
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That means a vast difference not only in freedom from the fear of want, but also in thematerialprosperityof the nation.
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Above all, we must not only restore theirmaterialprosperity, but, in so far as it has been impaired, we must restore their self-respect.
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She asks to be allowed to manage her own affairs, and she is content to be responsible for the promotion of her ownmaterialprosperity.
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There is, however, something more important thanmaterialprosperity.
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It cannot be done, yet they are basic tomaterialprosperity.
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But what if instead they pursue quite different goals hostile to the long-runmaterialprosperityof their people?
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As clearlymaterialprosperityis not enough, it seems to me that we need to rebuild a consensus.
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I believe that free market capitalism has benefited and will continue to benefit millions of people in theirmaterialprosperity.
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