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English noun: avarice

1. avarice (act) reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins)


Synonymsavaritia, covetousness, greed, rapacity


Broader (hypernym)deadly sin, mortal sin

2. avarice (attribute) extreme greed for material wealth


Synonymsavariciousness, covetousness, cupidity


Broader (hypernym)greed









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