Greed

Definitions

A selfish or excessive desire for more than is needed or deserved, especially of money, wealth, food, or other possessions.

uncountable, usually

Equivalents

Examples

“His greed was his undoing.”

“[…]But when I had bestridden the plank, quoth I to myself, "Thou deserveth all that betideth thee. All this is decreed to me of Allah (whose name⟳ be exalted!), to turn⟳ me from my greed of gain⟳, whence ariseth all that I endure, for I have⟳ wealth galore."”

“Your market gardener is not a well-breeched man, dependant as he is on the imponderables of glut, the inequities of distribution, and the greeds of wholesaler and retailer.”

“She does not display voracities and greeds like⟳ a number⟳ of patients […] nor has she shown any significant tendency to possessiveness, grievance, paranoia, or mania.”

“The point⟳ is, ladies and gentleman, that greed, for lack of a better word, is good. Greed is right, greed works. Greed clarifies, cuts through, and captures the essence of the evolutionary spirit. Greed, in all of its forms; greed for life, for money, for love⟳, knowledge has marked the upward surge of mankind.”

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