mammonism
/mam-uh-niz-uhm/US // ˈmæm əˌnɪz əm //
玛门主义,玛门教,玛瑙主义,玛门教义
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : the greedy pursuit of riches.
Examples
They cared nothing for mammonism, that some philosophical crank has defined to be a physical force that makes men invertebrates.
The game-preserving interest is worth maintenance if only as clashing with mammonism.
But of a Midas-eared Mammonism, which indeed at bottom all pure Mammonisms are, what better can you expect?
Our national peril is Mammonism, and the sordid pursuit of gold.
Mammonism at least works, but 'Go gracefully idle in Mayfair,' what does or can that mean?
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