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Noun Concept
Categories: Seven deadly sins, Articles with short description, Concepts in ethics
EN
greed  avarice  cupidity  greediness  avaritia
EN
Excessive desire to acquire or possess more (especially more material wealth) than one needs or deserves WordNet 3.0
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Excessive desire to acquire or possess more (especially more material wealth) than one needs or deserves WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
Greed is an insatiable desire for material gain or social value, such as status, or power. Wikipedia
Excessive desire to possess wealth or goods with the intention to keep it for one's self. Wikipedia Disambiguation
Excessive desire for possessions and wealth. OmegaWiki
A selfish or excessive desire for more than is needed or deserved, especially of money, wealth, food, or other possessions. Wiktionary
Selfish desire for more than is needed. Wiktionary (translation)
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His greed was his undoing. Wiktionary
IS A
desire
desire
sin
vice
wish
+3 relations
PART OF
seven deadly sins
HAS KIND
acquisitiveness
avarice
possessiveness
Lobh
FR
Radin
DERIVATION
avaricious
OPPOSITE OF
generosity
PARTIALLY COINCIDENT WITH
frugality
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
EN
greed
Wikipedia
EN
greed
Wikidata
EN
avarice, greed
Wiktionary
EN
greed
OmegaWiki
EN
avarice, avaritia, covetousness, cupidity, greed, greediness, mammonism, rapacity
Wikipedia Redirections
EN
Greeds, money-grabbing
Wikidata Alias
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avarice, cupidity, greediness, greedy

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