What does greed mean?
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Princeton's WordNet
greednoun
excessive desire to acquire or possess more (especially more material wealth) than one needs or deserves
avarice, greed, covetousness, rapacity, avaritianoun
reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins)
Wiktionary
greednoun
A selfish or excessive desire for more than is needed or deserved, especially of money, wealth, food, or other possessions.
Wikipedia
Greed
Greed (or avarice) is an uncontrolled longing for increase in the acquisition or use of 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.
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greed
Greed is an excessive or extreme desire for something, often more than one's fair share, typically referring to wealth, power, food, or possessions. It is often associated with a disregard for the rights or needs of others.
Webster Dictionary
Greednoun
an eager desire or longing; greediness; as, a greed of gain
Etymology: [Akin to Goth. grdus hunger, Icel. grr. 34. See Greedy.]
Wikidata
Greed
Greed is the inordinate desire to possess wealth, goods, or objects of abstract value with the intention to keep it for one's self, far beyond the dictates of basic survival and comfort. It is applied to a markedly high desire for and pursuit of wealth, status, and power. As a secular psychological concept, greed is, similarly, an inordinate desire to acquire or possess more than one needs. It is typically used to criticize those who seek excessive material wealth, although it may apply to the need to feel more excessively moral, social, or otherwise better than someone else.
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Anagrams for greed »
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of greed in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of greed in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
Examples of greed in a Sentence
The division thats been taking place, the complete chaos thats existing. When people show greed and bad behavior and a lack of gratitude. Its so hard to put this in an eloquent way. When you see people behaving badly and hurting other people, that makes me very angry. And abuse of animals, obviously.
Given that profitability is being squeezed on Western markets, investors are coming here looking for ideas, for profits, whether it's in shares or bonds, not for the first time, greed - in the positive sense of the word - is trumping caution.
Think of Donald Trump's personal qualities, the bullying, the greed, the showing off, the misogyny, the absurd third grade theatrics, we have long referred to him as 'The Donald.' He is the only person in America to whom we have added an article before his name. It wasn't because he had attributes we admired.
In fact, the greed of Wall Street and corporate America is destroying the very fabric of our nation. And here is a New Year's resolution that I will keep if elected president -- and that is if Wall Street does not end its greed, we will end it for them.
We will flush greed out of our system or be flushed away by it.
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- جشع, طمعArabic
- avarícia, cobdíciaCatalan, Valencian
- chamtivostCzech
- Raffsucht, Raffgier, Gier, Habgier, HabsuchtGerman
- απληστίαGreek
- codicia, glotonería, avaricia, gulaSpanish
- حرصPersian
- ahneusFinnish
- gírniFaroese
- aviditéFrench
- sanntachd, sanntScottish Gaelic
- लालचHindi
- kapzsiság, mohóságHungarian
- keserakahanIndonesian
- græðgiIcelandic
- ingordigia, aviditàItalian
- 貪欲, 欲, 貪Japanese
- 탐욕Korean
- çavirçîtîKurdish
- avaritiaLatin
- gulzigheid, hebzuchtDutch
- grådighetNorwegian
- chciwośćPolish
- cobiça, ganância, avarezaPortuguese
- avariție, aviditate, lăcomieRomanian
- жадность, алчностьRussian
- škrtost, požuda, halapljivost, srebroljublje, grabežljivost, gramžljivost, pohlepaSerbo-Croatian
- pohlepSlovene
- lakmiAlbanian
- girighetSwedish
- tamaaSwahili
- பேராசைTamil
- దురాశTelugu
- لالچ, طمعUrdu
- 贪心Chinese
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