noun
mammonist; worshipper of wealth
A person devoted to the pursuit of riches, often with a negative moral connotation. Rare and literary; mainly encountered in discussions of religious or ethical criticism of materialism.
彼は金銭崇拝者、いわゆるマンモニストだ。
He is a worshipper of money, a so-called mammonist.
A more common Japanese term for a money-worshipper; マンモニスト is a direct loanword with a more literary or biblical feel.
Borrowed from English 'mammonist', ultimately from 'Mammon' (personification of wealth in the New Testament).