pleonexia

Definitions

Excessive or insatiable greed, avarice, covetousness, the desire to have more, a greedy desire for certain goods.

uncountable, usually

Examples

“There are two words in the Greek which set⟳ forth the nature of covetousness: 1. Pleonexia, which signifies an 'insatiable desire of getting the world.' Covetousness is a dry dropsy.”

“Pleonexia, or greed, the wishing and trying for the bigger share⟳, we know⟳ under the name⟳ of covetousness.”

“Like⟳ all character traits, pleonexia comes in degrees, but in its most extreme form⟳, pleonectics are willing to do “whatever it takes” to “get⟳ what they want⟳” and are bound only by their fear of punishment; they do not blanch at the thought of using or manipulating people as pawns or instruments in their own⟳ schemes or at acts of disloyalty and betrayal; in fact, such behavior may be their typical modus operandi.”

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