material well-being
collocation in Englishmeaningsofmaterialandwell-being
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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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well-being
noun[U]
uk/ˌwelˈbiː.ɪŋ/us/ˌwelˈbiː.ɪŋ/
the state of feeling healthy ...
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(Definition ofmaterialandwell-beingfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The above argument does not, however, pertain to the environmental resource basis ofmaterialwell-being, a matter we shall return to subsequently.
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Freedom and relativematerialwell-beinghave never been granted the proletariat by the bourgeoisie other than as something to be tolerated provisionally.
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One explanation of this finding is that people in poor countries cannot afford to emphasize amenities overmaterialwell-being.
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It is a particularly secular society that values utilitarian pragmatism, self-reliance, andmaterialwell-beingover class and gender solidarity and communal interdependence.
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They valued highly their individual freedoms, which implied that they were totally responsible for theirmaterialwell-being.
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Indicators ofmaterialwell-beinginclude income, the standard-ofliving or purchasing power and housing quality.
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This implied that the only beliefs and practices punishable by the magistrate were those which presented a threat to thematerialwell-beingof society.
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The main thesis of the book is that for people above a threshold ofmaterialwell-being, another kind of well-being focusing on autonomy, control, and participation are central.
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The development of the information society provides great opportunities to enhance spiritual, intellectual andmaterialwell-being.
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I think that we have to keep our wholematerialwell-beingin the same relationship in the contest which is now going on.
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Among the most important national assets are not merelymaterialwell-being, but human well-being and the mental and spiritual development of the human material.
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Those blocs are forming at a time when large areas of the developed world are experiencing a level ofmaterialwell-beinghitherto unreached.
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Many aspects of national life depend not onmaterialwell-beingbut on a feel-good factor in its broader sense.
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I am one of those who do not believe that the enfranchisement of women will have any important effect upon theirmaterialwell-being.
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The questionnaire covers topics such as demographics, health, child outcomes, work, family income,materialwell-beingand child support, among others.
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We have to foster theirmaterialwell-beingand to see that they get fair play in the complicated economic system of the modern world.
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We believe in doing so that it can mean so much to thematerialwell-beingof the nation.
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Many museums testify to those who by their brilliance, self-reliance and determination added so much to the spiritual andmaterialwell-beingof their fellows.
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