greed
/ɡrēd/
noun
noun: greed
intense and selfish desire for something, especially wealth, power, or food.
"mercenaries who had allowed greed to overtake their principles"
synonyms:
avarice, greediness, acquisitiveness, covetousness, rapacity, graspingness, cupidity, avidity, possessiveness, materialism; mercenariness, predatoriness; informalmoney-grubbing, money-grabbing; informalgrabbiness; rareMammonism, pleonexia
"wasting resources in order to satisfy human greed"
gluttony, greediness, hunger, ravenousness, voraciousness, voracity, insatiability;
gourmandizing, gourmandism;
intemperance, overeating, overconsumption, self-indulgence;
informalswinishness, piggishness, hoggishness, gutsiness;
rareedacity, esurience
"her mouth began to water with unashamed greed"
desire, urge, need, appetite, hunger, craving, longing, yearning, hankering, hungering, thirst, pining;
avidity, greediness, eagerness, enthusiasm, impatience;
informalyen, itch
"he appealed to their greed for power"
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