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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD MAMMON

Via Late Latin from New Testament Greek mammōnas, from Aramaic māmōnā wealth.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF MAMMON

mammon  [ˈmæmən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MAMMON

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Mammon is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES MAMMON MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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Mammon

Mammon /ˈmæmən/, in the New Testament of the Bible, is material wealth or greed, most often personified as a deity, and sometimes included in the seven princes of Hell. 1909 painting The Worship of Mammon by Evelyn De Morgan.

Definition of mammon in the English dictionary

The definition of mammon in the dictionary is riches or wealth regarded as a source of evil and corruption. Other definition of mammon is avarice or greed.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MAMMON


Ammon
ˈæmən
backgammon
ˈbækˌɡæmən
batman
ˈbætmən
caman
ˈkæmən
cayman
ˈkeɪmən
chairman
ˈtʃɛəmən
common
ˈkɒmən
daman
ˈdæmən
gammon
ˈɡæmən
german
ˈdʒɜːmən
Hoffman
ˈhɒfmən
human
ˈhjuːmən
lemon
ˈlɛmən
roman
ˈrəʊmən
salmon
ˈsæmən
shaman
ˈʃæmən
Simon
ˈsaɪmən
Solomon
ˈsɒləmən
woman
ˈwʊmən
Yemen
ˈjɛmən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MAMMON

mammillary
mammillate
mammillated
mammitides
mammock
mammogenic
mammogram
mammograph
mammographic
mammography
mammonish
mammonism
mammonist
mammonistic
mammonite
mammoplasties
mammoplasty
mammoth
Mammoth Cave National Park
mammy

WORDS THAT END LIKE MAMMON

discommon
Greenham Common
in common
Japanese persimmon
persimmon
psammon
Rabbath Ammon
resummon
Roscommon
summon
tenant in common
uncommon

Synonyms and antonyms of mammon in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «mammon» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MAMMON

Find out the translation of mammon to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of mammon from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «mammon» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

财神
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Mamón
570 millions of speakers

English

mammon
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

कुबेर
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

الجشع
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

маммоне
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Mamom
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

কুবের
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

mammon
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Mammon
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Mammon
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

재물
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Mammon
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

thần của
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

செல்வத்துக்கும்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मोमोन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

ihtiras
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

mammone
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

mamona
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

мамоні
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Mamona
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

mammon
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

Mammon
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

mammon
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

mammon
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of mammon

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MAMMON»

The term «mammon» is regularly used and occupies the 74.493 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MAMMON» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «mammon» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «mammon» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about mammon

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MAMMON»

Discover the use of mammon in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to mammon and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Mammon and the Pursuit of Empire Abridged Edition: The ...
This book presents answers to some of the key questions about the economics of imperialism: how large was the flow of finance to the empire? How great were the profits on empire investment?
Lance Edwin Davis, Lance E. Davis, 1988
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Mammon a Novel
Written for a range of audiences, these works are a treasure for any curious reader looking to see the world through the eyes of ages past.
Alexander, 2011
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Friends of the Unrighteous Mammon: Northern Christians and ...
Delving into the minds of antebellum Christians as they considered themselves, their God, and their developing American economy, Friends of the Unrighteous Mammon is an ambitious intellectual history of an important development in American ...
Stewart Davenport, 2010
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God And Mammon In America
Drawing on a new survey of more than two thousand working Americans, the author of Christianity in the 21st Century explores the relationship between religious faith and attitudes toward work and money to examine Americans' ambivalence ...
Robert Wuthnow, 1998
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The Agony of Mammon: The Imperial World Economy Explains ...
A report on the 27th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum, held in Davos, Switzerland
Lewis H. Lapham, 1998
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To Serve God and Mammon: Church-state Relations in American ...
This second edition includes analyses of various recent court cases and the implications of living in the post--9/11 era.
Ted G. Jelen, 2010
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Islam and Mammon: The Economic Predicaments of Islamism
The Economic Predicaments of Islamism Timur Kuran. m Islam and Mammon This page intentionally left blank Islam and Mammon THE ECONOMIC.
Timur Kuran, 2010
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Chasing Mammon
'How we chase Mammon defines us. Because, like it or not, we are what we earn,' CHASING MAMMON is the first travel book ever written about the uses of money and the attitudes of the wheelers and dealers in the international marketplace.
Douglas Kennedy, 2011
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God and Mammon: And, What was Lost
In this translation of two seminal works by Mauriac, the 1930 novel What Was Lost and its theoretical basis, the 1929 essay God and Mammon, Raymond MacKenzie re-introduces Mauriac to the English speaking world.
François Mauriac, 2003
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God and Mammon : Protestants, Money, and the Market, ...
This collection of all new essays by leading historians offers a close look at the connections between American Protestants and money in the Antebellum period.
Mark A. Noll Carolyn and Fred McManis Professor of Christian Thought Wheaton College, 2001

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MAMMON»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term mammon is used in the context of the following news items.
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Walter Magaya: "Poor people can't worship God" - popular …
The mammon god is the one responsible of controlling money. The mammon is the chief God of poverty. He directs the flow of cash. «Pulse Nigeria, Jul 15»
2
Review: Treasure Ships a trove of art from meeting of East and West
... committed in the name of one god or another, but this was an atrocity committed on behalf of the great God, Mammon, worshipped by all. «Sydney Morning Herald, Jul 15»
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Smoking guns: doctors 'gave biased views' on cancer for tobacco …
It's difficult not to see the doctors' behaviour as a rank betrayal of the Hippocratic Oath, and simple worship of the god, Mammon. Of course ... «BizNews, Jul 15»
4
IAS – I Am Safe - Greater Kashmir
In an age where Mammon often decides the worth of an individual, there still remain handfuls that choose to opt for the prestige, glory and job ... «GreaterKashmir.com, Jul 15»
5
Will America's Christian Universities Turn Apostate … - Charisma News
... unsavory temporal consequences, or obey man, sell their souls for mammon and suffer a-little-more-than-unsavory eternal consequence. «Charisma News, Jul 15»
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“Help Me Lord. You're My Only Hope.” - Patheos
But seriously, our need is not for manna or mammon, but for Emmanuel. This day is my darkest hour. Help me Lord. You're my only hope. «Patheos, Jul 15»
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Put away your Bible, Justice: The new “religious freedom” - Salon.com
And make no mistake about it: a healthy lust after mammon drives at least some leaders of the faith-deranged, as Buchanan and others imply ... «Salon, Jul 15»
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The system is intolerable: the change we need is in our hands
At times it appears as the anonymous influence of mammon: corporations, loan agencies, certain 'free trade' treaties, and the imposition of ... «The Ecologist, Jul 15»
9
Interview: Darran Anderson, author of Imaginary Cities, on …
“I may disagree with a lot of what The Shard stands for, or The Garden Bridge, or various other vanity projects, high towers to Mammon and all ... «CityMetric, Jul 15»
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Ferrari 488 GTB: a fast, expensive attention seeker | Executive …
They could have called it Mammon. The 488 GTB is successor to the blissful and brilliant 458 Italia and is based on the same hyper-rigid ... «The Australian, Jul 15»

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