Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The quality of being greedy, especially with reference to the gratification of the animal appetites; hence, specifically, ravenousness; voracity.
- noun Synonyms Gluttony, rapacity, eagerness, avidity. See
greed .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The quality of being greedy; vehement and selfish desire.
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- noun The state of being
greedy .
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- noun an excessive desire for food
- noun an excessive desire for wealth (usually in large amounts)
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Examples
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The hypocrisy lies in greediness wrapped with ethos of capitalism.
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The hypocrisy with these groups lies in greediness wrapped with ethos of capitalism or the so called free market!!? belive me there is nothing ln the world called free market.
'None of this is easy,' Obama aide says of health care reform 2009
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This whole “corp. america” greediness is the root of all evil line is misguided.
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Accordingly, the vendor used a white variety (a more poisonous variety), then I supposed she would like to earn more (I could not say she is greedy because earning an additional 50.00 pesos a day could not be classified as greediness).
Archive 2005-03-01 Arlene 2005
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A little of that instinctive greediness, which is common to primitive and uncultured man.
The Montessori Method Anne E. Montessori George 1912
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There was nothing of the idea of greediness that each man knew he himself felt after a fast.
A Voice in the Wilderness Grace Livingston Hill 1906
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The war of classes, which was beginning, sprang not so much from material discomfort of the poor, as from what unsympathetic annalists called their greediness, their pride, and their wantonness.
The History of England From the Accession of Henry III. to the Death of Edward III. (1216-1377) Reginald Lane Poole 1892
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"Lawless insolence, and wanton caprice" [Trench]. to work all uncleanness -- The Greek implies, "with a deliberate view to the working (as if it were their work or business, not a mere accidental fall into sin) of uncleanness of every kind." with greediness -- Greek, "in greediness."
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St. Augustin calls the greediness of his youth a crime.
Lord Byron jugé par les témoins de sa vie. English Teresa Guiccioli 1836
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This might translate into material greediness, which is what we usually understand 'greed' to mean.
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