covetousness
covetousness (n)
English Definitions:
covetousness (noun)
an envious eagerness to possess something
avarice, avariciousness, covetousness, cupidity (noun)
extreme greed for material wealth
avarice, greed, covetousness, rapacity, avaritia (noun)
reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins)
covetousness (Noun)
Immoderate desire for the possession of something, especially for wealth.
covetousness
Greed (or avarice) is an uncontrolled longing for increase in the acquisition or use of material gain (be it food, money, land, or animate/inanimate possessions); or social value, such as status, or power. Greed has been identified as undesirable throughout known human history because it creates behavior-conflict between personal and social goals.
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