You can use Mammon to refer to money and business activities if you want to show your disapproval of people who think that becoming rich is the most important thing in life.
[disapproval]
It is not every day that one meets a business-person who is not obsessed with Mammon.
mammon in British English
(ˈmæmən)
noun
1.
riches or wealth regarded as a source of evil and corruption
2.
avarice or greed
Derived forms
mammonish (ˈmammonish)
adjective
mammonism (ˈmammonism)
noun
mammonist (ˈmammonist) or mammonite (ˈmammonite)
noun
mammonistic (ˌmammonˈistic)
adjective
Word origin
C14: via Late Latin from New Testament Greek mammōnas, from Aramaic māmōnā wealth
Mammon in British English
(ˈmæmən)
noun
New Testament
the personification of riches and greed in the form of a false god
mammon in American English
(ˈmæmən)
noun
[oftenM-]
riches regarded as an object of worship and greedy pursuit; wealth or material gain as an evil, more or less deified
Derived forms
mammonism (ˈmammonˌism)
noun
Word origin
ME mammon(as) < LL(Ec) < Gr(Ec) mammōnas (see Matt. 6:24) < Aram māmōnā, riches, prob. < mā'mon, that which is made secure or deposited < 'amān, to trust
Examples of 'mammon' in a sentence
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Today Confucian ideals and modern mammon are equally revered in a fine balancing act while the Koreans hold on to their unique identity.