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English noun: covetousness | |||
| 1. | covetousness (feeling) an envious eagerness to possess something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | enviousness, envy | ||
| 2. | covetousness (attribute) extreme greed for material wealth | ||
| Synonyms | avarice, avariciousness, cupidity | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | greed | ||
| 3. | covetousness (act) reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins) | ||
| Synonyms | avarice, avaritia, greed, rapacity | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | deadly sin, mortal sin | ||
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