Mammon
/ˈmamən
/noun [mass noun]
Wealth regarded as an evil influence or false object of worship and devotion: others have forsaken Mammon in search of something on a more spiritual plane...
- But libertinism itself is as distinct from libertarianism as worship of Mammon is distinct from conservatism.
- In backing the demolition plan, he has shown he is committed to the worship of Mammon.
- If there is an idol behind the idols of corporate globalization, it is Mammon.
Derivatives
Mammonism
- He also seems to have confirmed his existing prejudices against Utilitarians, Parliamentarians, a ‘do-nothing Aristocracy’, and the pervasive spirit of ‘Mammonism’.
- This means combating Commercialism and Mammonism which has not yet become an important agenda.
- As a consequence of all these forces, the values of Mammonism have begun to prevail inside the family's ‘haven’ as well as out.
Mammonist
- These boards make it possible for the Mammonists to perform their mystical rites that much faster.
- Aren't we just trying to be the best Mammonists that we can be?
- The Mammonists distrust intellectualism in this country because they see it as a threat to unquestioned acceptance of the religion that they are promoting.
Origin
Late Middle English: via late Latin from New Testament Greek mamōnas (see Matt. 6:24, Luke 16:9–13), from Aramaic māmōn 'riches'. The word was taken by medieval writers as the name of the devil of covetousness, and revived in this sense by Milton.