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mammonism [mam-uh-niz-uh m] ExamplesWord Origin noun
- the greedy pursuit of riches.
Origin of mammonism First recorded in 1835–45; mammon + -ism Related formsmam·mon·ist, mam·mon·ite, nounmam·mon·is·tic, adjective Examples from the Web for mammonism Historical Examples of mammonism
Mammonism at least works, but ‘Go gracefully idle in Mayfair,’ what does or can that mean?
Thomas Carlyle
I want, Christianity, instead of the Mammonism we ‘re threatened with.
One of Our Conquerors, Complete
George Meredith
Our national peril is Mammonism, and the sordid pursuit of gold.
Newell Dwight Hillis
The game-preserving interest is worth maintenance if only as clashing with mammonism.
Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 64, No. 393, July 1848
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They cared nothing for mammonism, that some philosophical crank has defined to be a physical force that makes men invertebrates.
Dennison Worthington