mammonism

American  

[mam-uh-niz-uhm] / ˈmæm əˌnɪz əm /

noun

1. the greedy pursuit of riches.

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Other Word Forms

• mammonist noun
• mammonistic adjective
• mammonite noun

Etymology

Origin of mammonism

First recorded in 1815–25; mammon + -ism

Example Sentences

Never, surely, against an earnest working mammonism was there brought by game-preserving aristocratic dilettantism, a stranger accusation since this world began.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 54, No. 333, July 1843 by Various

In fine, W—— was not in any respect peculiar, or, as a community, specially afflicted with heartlessness, frivolity, brainlessness, or mammonism; the average was fair, reputable, in all respects.

From Macaria by Evans, Augusta J. (Augusta Jane)

This spirit must be reformed; faith instead of scepticism, idealism instead of mammonism, self-sacrifice instead of selfishness, and social spirit instead of individualism must again come into the heart of man.

From Socialism and the Social Movement in the 19th Century by Sombart, Werner