(LOO.cur.path)
n.
A person who is pathologically driven to make money. [Blend of lucre and psychopath.]
Example Citations:
Universities are a fruitful source of neologisms — I once had a couple of philosopher colleagues who coined the word "lucrepath" for an individual consumed by the desire for money — so I decided to look up "disinvestment."
—Frank Bongiorno, "The writing on the wall," Inside Story, March 18, 2010
—Frank Bongiorno, "The writing on the wall," Inside Story, March 18, 2010
An act of killing which aimed directly at achieving the technical goal of military success abstracted from the good of citizen-in-state-among-other-states would therefore not be an act of virtue but of vice. It is a disordered act, even if not that of a 'lucrepath'.
—Patrick Giddy, "Character and professionalism in the context of developing countries — the example of mercenaries," Ethics and Economics - Volume 4 Number 2, July 1, 2006
—Patrick Giddy, "Character and professionalism in the context of developing countries — the example of mercenaries," Ethics and Economics - Volume 4 Number 2, July 1, 2006
Earliest Citation:
The avarice-only reading is not the only way of characterising the profit-motive, and there are some positive grounds for thinking the benefits of profit pursuit are better attributed to the "lucrephile", and not the avarice-only "lucrepath".
—Tony Lynch and Adrian Walsh, "The Mandevillean Conceit and the Profit-motive," Philosophy - Volume 78 Issue 1, January 1, 2003
—Tony Lynch and Adrian Walsh, "The Mandevillean Conceit and the Profit-motive," Philosophy - Volume 78 Issue 1, January 1, 2003
Related Words:
financial pornography
get-rich-click
plutonomy
tweeds-to-riches
stealth wealth
sudden loss of wealth syndrome
sudden wealth syndrome
wealth effect
worried wealthy
get-rich-click
plutonomy
tweeds-to-riches
stealth wealth
sudden loss of wealth syndrome
sudden wealth syndrome
wealth effect
worried wealthy
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très intéressant, je crois qu'il y en a beaucoup ! thanks for this good new word :)
