almighty dollar
Cash as god
The almighty dollar is money regarded as all-powerful or worshipped above other values.
The phrase is usually critical or ironic, suggesting that pursuit of wealth has displaced worthier concerns: In the end, the almighty dollar won out over preserving the historic neighborhood.
Sometimes shortened to just the almighty: They'd sell their grandmother for the almighty.
Veneration of false gods
- worshipReligious reverence and praise
- mammonWealth as deity
- false godDeity wrongly worshipped
- golden calfSymbol of misplaced worship
moral bankruptcy · corruption · greed · selling out · blood money · exploitation · inequality · rat race
Prioritizing goods over spirit
- consumerismPreoccupation with acquiring goods
- acquisitivenessDesire to gather wealth
- covetousnessExcessive desire for possessions
- avariceExcessive desire for riches
money-grubbing · commercialism · commodification · get-rich-quick · gold-digging · plutocracy · mammon · lucre
Private profit-based economy
- corporatocracyRule by business interests
- plutocracyRule by the rich
- oligarchyRule by few
- lobbyingAdvocating to decision-makers
Wall Street · big business · market forces · economic leverage · buying power · deep pockets · bankrolling · pay-to-play
US paper currency
- buckMale deer or dollar
- cashReady spending funds
- legal tenderOfficially recognized payment medium
- banknotePrinted legal tender
Federal Reserve · USD · paper money · cold hard cash · Benjamin · petrodollar · reserve currency · fiat money
idolatry
Veneration of false gods
golden calf · moral bankruptcy · corruption · greed · selling out · blood money · exploitation · inequality · rat race · keeping up with the Joneses
materialism
Prioritizing goods over spirit
- consumerismPreoccupation with acquiring goods
- acquisitivenessDesire to gather wealth
- covetousnessExcessive desire for possessions
avarice · money-grubbing · commercialism · commodification · get-rich-quick · gold-digging · plutocracy · mammon · lucre · filthy rich
capitalism
Private profit-based economy
- corporatocracyRule by business interests
- plutocracyRule by the rich
- oligarchyRule by few
lobbying · Wall Street · big business · market forces · economic leverage · buying power · deep pockets · bankrolling · pay-to-play · golden rule
greenback
US paper currency
- buckMale deer or dollar
- cashReady spending funds
- legal tenderOfficially recognized payment medium
banknote · Federal Reserve · USD · paper money · cold hard cash · Benjamin · petrodollar · reserve currency · fiat money · exchange rate
- greedgreed, avarice, covetousness, cupidity, materialism
almighty dollarspiritual devotion
Fervent religious commitment
faith · God · the soul · inner peace · enlightenment
almighty dollarpoverty
Severe lack of resources
destitution · broke · poor · penniless · indigence
almighty dollarvow of poverty
Pledge to forsake wealth
selflessness · altruism · charity · generosity · anti-materialism
almighty, dollar, mighty, might, mightily, mightier, mightiest, dollars