Sentence:  Moreover the centralization of our economy during the 1920 s , the dislocations of the Depression , the common ethos of <WSD>Materialism</WSD> everywhere , all contributed in various ways to the face-lifting that replaced Mike Fink and the Great Gatsby with the anonymous physiognomy of the Little People . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  a desire for wealth and material possessions with little interest in ethical or spiritual matters