| NOUN | attribute | greediness, hoggishness, piggishness | an excessive desire for food |
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| attribute | greediness, voraciousness, rapaciousness | an excessive desire for wealth (usually in large amounts) |
| Meaning | An excessive desire for food. | |
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| Synonyms | hoggishness, piggishness | |
| Broader | gluttony | habitual eating to excess |
| Adjectives | greedy | wanting to eat or drink more than one can reasonably consume |
| Meaning | An excessive desire for wealth (usually in large amounts). | |
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| Example | "the greediness of lawyers" | |
| Synonyms | voraciousness, rapaciousness | |
| Broader | selfishness | stinginess resulting from a concern for your own welfare and a disregard of others |
| Spanish | codicia | |
| Catalan | cobdícia | |
| Adjectives | greedy | immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth |
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