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Definition of Mammon in English: Mammonnoun ˈmamən mass nounWealth 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 Example sentencesExamples - Even so, it was a pertinent reminder that when push comes to shove, we will still turn to God over Mammon.
- He may be spending too much time in search of Mammon.
- But the producers of Jazz, it must be said, have carried out a highly successful flirtation with Mammon.
- In an apparent swing toward Mammon, yet another church is turning its house of worship into a residential development for profit.
- They adopt proposals that offer a better way of living with both God and Mammon.
- Now it is becoming a festival of Mammon, much to the chagrin of the religious.
- It was this fusion of materialism and altruism, Mammon and God, which allowed improvement to become the leitmotiv of Georgian Britain.
- For some, Mammon has competed effectively against Hippocrates as a figure to guide action.
- If there is an idol behind the idols of corporate globalization, it is Mammon.
- The business of a journalist is to destroy truth, to lie outright, to pervert, to vilify, fall at the feet of Mammon, and sell himself for daily bread.
- The new building rounds off the composition of the square, its entrance placed directly on axis with the church entrance; God and Mammon in momentary equilibrium.
- Many Protestant denominations, with their sectarian origins, view society as inherently sinful, serving Mammon rather than God.
- And chiefly, it says we actually are probably devotees of Mammon rather than the God of the poor and the debtor.
- In a sense, serving Mammon means one is greedy.
- This is a world where God has given way to Mammon.
- But libertinism itself is as distinct from libertarianism as worship of Mammon is distinct from conservatism.
- We need to be sure that our own leaders are not ruled by Mammon.
- He admits he lived life to the full in the rock and roll industry before finding God, and is unabashed about using Mammon to reach heaven.
- York Castle must not be sacrificed to Mammon having survived fire, floods and Civil War, according to Sir Bernard Ingham.
- In backing the demolition plan, he has shown he is committed to the worship of Mammon.
Synonyms affluence, prosperity, opulence, riches, means, substance, luxury, well-being, plenty, deep pockets
Derivativesnoun I suppose my question is how much of his Mammonism is environmental and how much is hard wired into his personality. Example sentencesExamples - 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.
- Capitalism, he wrote in Past and Present, bore ‘the Gospel of Mammonism,’ in which money, through its ‘miraculous facilities,’ held its devotees ‘spell-bound in a horrid enchantment.’
- As a consequence of all these forces, the values of Mammonism have begun to prevail inside the family's ‘haven’ as well as out.
noun The Mammonists distrust intellectualism in this country because they see it as a threat to unquestioned acceptance of the religion that they are promoting. Example sentencesExamples - Aren't we just trying to be the best Mammonists that we can be?
- These boards make it possible for the Mammonists to perform their mystical rites that much faster.
- In appearing to worship money, we make of ourselves Mammonists.
- Grown refined and idle, Wilde's aristocrats are free to expose, both in their words and deeds, the ‘sins’ of the money-making Mammonists.
OriginLate 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. RhymesAlabaman, Amman, Ammon, Drammen, gammon, salmon |