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mammonism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
mam-monism
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The pursuit of great wealth.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree English Mammon Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English mammonism From Mammon + -ism.

Usage

Inflected Forms

mammonisms (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

mammonist mammonistic

Synonyms

avaricious ambitious greedy

Questions

What does mammonism mean?
The pursuit of great wealth.
Where does mammonism come from?
Etymology tree English Mammon Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English mammonism From Mammon + -ism.

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