materialist vs pessimist

materialist

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

  • A follower or proponent of philosophical materialism. 

adj
  • Having features typical of philosophical materialism. 

pessimist

noun
  • Someone who habitually expects the worst outcome; one who looks on the dark side of things. 

How often have the words materialist and pessimist occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )