mammonismn.

Brit.

/ˈmamənɪz(ə)m/, U.S.

/ˈmæmənɪzəm/

Forms: also with capital initial.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: Mammon n., -ism suffix.

Etymology: < Mammon n. + -ism suffix. Compare German Mammonismus (19th cent.), French mammonisme (1900). Compare earlier mammonist n.

Devotion to the pursuit of riches; (also) an instance of this.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > management of money > income, revenue, or profit > getting or making money > [noun] > gaining or amassing money > devotion to

mammonism1820

1820 E. Sampson Brief Remarker Ways of Man (new ed.) lxv. 201 To love the world more than Him who made it, and life more than Him who gave it, is that mammonism which is base and criminal.

1843 T. Carlyle Past & Present i. v. 39 In whirlwinds of fire, you and your Mammonisms, Dilettantisms [etc.]..shall disappear!

1843 T. Carlyle Past & Present ii. xvi. 166 If..all except Mammonism be a vain grimace.

1897 Price Hughes in Daily News 15 Nov. 2/4 It was necessary to protect the Lord's Day against Mammonism.

1944 L. Mumford Condition of Man v. 178 Science itself had been formed in the same milieu of mammonism, mechanism and despotism.

1989 M. Robinson Mother Country ii. 184 No mere mammonism is sufficient to account for so dismal a project.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mammonism
释义	mammonismn. Brit. /ˈmamənɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˈmæmənɪzəm/ Forms: also with capital initial. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: Mammon n., -ism suffix. Etymology: < Mammon n. + -ism suffix. Compare German Mammonismus (19th cent.), French mammonisme (1900). Compare earlier mammonist n. Devotion to the pursuit of riches; (also) an instance of this. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > income, revenue, or profit > getting or making money > [noun] > gaining or amassing money > devotion to mammonism1820 1820 E. Sampson Brief Remarker Ways of Man (new ed.) lxv. 201 To love the world more than Him who made it, and life more than Him who gave it, is that mammonism which is base and criminal. 1843 T. Carlyle Past & Present i. v. 39 In whirlwinds of fire, you and your Mammonisms, Dilettantisms [etc.]..shall disappear! 1843 T. Carlyle Past & Present ii. xvi. 166 If..all except Mammonism be a vain grimace. 1897 Price Hughes in Daily News 15 Nov. 2/4 It was necessary to protect the Lord's Day against Mammonism. 1944 L. Mumford Condition of Man v. 178 Science itself had been formed in the same milieu of mammonism, mechanism and despotism. 1989 M. Robinson Mother Country ii. 184 No mere mammonism is sufficient to account for so dismal a project. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1820
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