hard-boiled vs materialist

hard-boiled

• Written in a laconic, dispassionate, often ironic style for a realistic, unsentimental effect. 

• Cooked to a solid consistency. 

• Callous and unsentimental. 

materialist

• Having features typical of philosophical materialism. 

• Someone who is materialistic, concerned only with material possessions. 

• A follower or proponent of philosophical materialism.