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mammonolatry

US/mæməˈnɑlətɹi/

mammonolatry noun: the worship of money.

Noun

mammonolatry (uncountable)

  1. (rare) The worship of money.
    • If mammonolatry has corrupted family life; if the tendency to see in marriage a mere business matter, a mere financial transaction, has degraded the institution, and obscured the notion of the fundamental social import of the latter; […]1912, Georges Chatterton-Hill, The Sociological Value of Christianity, page 135
    Synonyms:
    plutolatry

Synonyms of mammonolatry

Forms of mammonolatry

alternative formMammonolatry

Origin of mammonolatry

From mammon + -olatry.

Questions about mammonolatry

What does mammonolatry mean?
Mammonolatry means the worship of money.
What part of speech is mammonolatry?
Mammonolatry is a noun.
How do you pronounce mammonolatry?
Mammonolatry is pronounced /mæməˈnɑlətɹi/ (US).

Words near mammonolatry in the dictionary

  1. mammonization
  2. mammonize
  3. mammonized
  4. mammonizes
  5. mammonizing
  6. mammonolatry
  7. mammoodies
  8. mammophant
  9. mammophants
  10. mammophilic
  11. mammoplastic

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