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English noun: greed

1. greed (attribute) excessive desire to acquire or possess more (especially more material wealth) than one needs or deserves


Broader (hypernym)desire


Narrower (hyponym)acquisitiveness, avarice, avariciousness, covetousness, cupidity, possessiveness

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


Synonymsavarice, avaritia, covetousness, rapacity


Broader (hypernym)deadly sin, mortal sin









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