cupidity

(kyū-pĭd'ĭ-tē)
n.
Excessive desire, especially for wealth; covetousness or avarice.

[Middle English cupidite, from Old French, from Latin cupiditās, from cupidus, desiring, from cupere, to desire.]

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noun

Excessive desire for more than one needs or deserves: acquisitiveness, avarice, avariciousness, avidity, covetousness, graspingness, greed. Informal grabbiness. See desire, give/take/reciprocity.

n

Definition: greed, strong desire
Antonyms: dislike, distaste

1) inordinate desire for wealth: avarice, greed
2) strong desire: lust

IN BRIEF: Greed.

Cupidity might get someone what they want in the short run but a bad reputation in the long run.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - begærlighed

Nederlands (Dutch)
begerigheid, inhaligheid

Français (French)
n. - cupidité (sout)

Deutsch (German)
n. - Gier, Begierde

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - φιλοχρηματία, πλεονεξία, απληστία

Italiano (Italian)
cupidigia

Português (Portuguese)
n. - cobiça (f)

Русский (Russian)
алчность

Español (Spanish)
n. - codicia, avidez, avaricia

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - snikenhet, lystnad, lusta (åld.), vinningslystnad

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
贪心, 贪婪

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 貪心, 貪婪

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 강한 욕망

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 貪欲, 強欲

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) طمع, جشع‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮חמדנות‬

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