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Greed (or avarice) is an insatiable desire for 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.
greed | American Dictionary. noun [ U ] us / ɡrid / Add to word list. a strong desire to continually get more of something, esp. money: He was motivated by pure greed. greedy. adjective us / ˈɡrid·i / He was greedy for power. (Definition of greed from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
Definitions of greed. noun. reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins) synonyms: avarice, avaritia, covetousness, rapacity. see more. noun. excessive desire to acquire or possess more (especially more material wealth) than one needs or deserves. see more. Pronunciation. US. /grid/ UK. /grid/
Definition of greed noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
4 days ago · greed ( countable and uncountable, plural greeds) A selfish or excessive desire for more than is needed or deserved, especially of money, wealth, food, or other possessions. Synonyms: avarice, covetousness, greediness, rapacity, gluttony; see also Thesaurus: greed. His greed was his undoing.
4 days ago · noun. excessive or rapacious desire, esp. for wealth or possessions. SYNONYMS avarice, avidity, cupidity, covetousness; voracity, ravenousness, rapacity. greed, greediness denote an excessive, extreme desire for something, often more than one’s proper share. greed means avid desire for gain or wealth (unless some other application is ...
n. An excessive desire to acquire or possess more than what one needs or deserves, especially with respect to material wealth: "Many ... attach to competition the stigma of selfish greed" (Henry Fawcett). [Back-formation from greedy .] American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
