greed

(grēd)
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.]

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noun

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

n

Definition: overwhelming desire for more
Antonyms: benevolence, generosity, temperance

Quotes:

"Men hate the individual whom they call avaricious only because nothing can be gained from him." - Voltaire

"The point is that you can't be too greedy." - Donald Trump

"It is of the nobility of man's soul that he is insatiable: for he hath a benefactor so prone to give, that he delighteth in us for asking. Do not your inclinations tell you that the WORLD is yours? Do you not covet all? Do you not long to have it; to enjoy it; to overcome it? To what end do men gather riches, but to multiply more? Do they not like Pyrrhus the King of Epire, add house to house and lands to lands, that they may get it all?" - Thomas Traherne

"He who distinguishes the true savor of his food can never be a glutton; he who does not cannot be otherwise." - Henry David Thoreau

"Wars and revolutions and battles are due simply and solely to the body and its desires. All wars are undertaken for the acquisition of wealth; and the reason why we have to acquire wealth is the body, because we are slaves in its service." - Socrates

"Let me tell you, Cassius, you yourself are much condemned to have an itching palm." - William Shakespeare

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For a list of words related to greed, see:

• Spending, Receiving, and Possessing Wealth - greed: avarice

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - grådighed, begærlighed

Nederlands (Dutch)
gulzigheid, hebzucht

Français (French)
n. - avidité, gourmandise

Deutsch (German)
n. - Gier, Habsucht, Freßgier

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

Italiano (Italian)
cupidigia, avidità

Português (Portuguese)
n. - ganância (f), voracidade (f)

Русский (Russian)
жадность, алчность, прожорливость

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

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - glupskhet, penningbegär

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
贪欲, 贪婪

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

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 탐욕, 폭식

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 貪欲, 強欲

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) جشع, طمع‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮אהבת בצע, תאווה, נטייה לצבירת רכוש‬

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