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Greed - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Greed : (noun)
1: excessive desire to acquire or possess more (especially more
material wealth) than one needs or deserves
2: reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth
(personified as one of the deadly sins) [syn: avarice, covetousness,
rapacity, avaritia]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Greed : \Greed\, n. [Akin to Goth. gr?dus hunger, Icel.
gr[=a][eth]r. [root]34. See Greedy.]
An eager desire or longing; greediness; as, a greed of gain.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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