money-worship; mammon-worship
Refers to an excessive reverence for money, often used in critical or moral contexts. Frequently appears in the compound 拝金主義 (money-worship ideology).
I cannot agree with his money-worshipping way of thinking.
Money-worship ideology is eroding society.
mammonism; money worship
mammonist; money-worshipper
Compound of 拝 (worship) and 金 (money). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the word likely emerged in modern Japanese as a calque or adaptation of Western concepts like mammonism.