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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins)
Synonyms:
avarice; avaritia; covetousness; greed; rapacity
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("greed" is a kind of...):
deadly sin; mortal sin (an unpardonable sin entailing a total loss of grace)
Derivation:
greedy (immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Excessive desire to acquire or possess more (especially more material wealth) than one needs or deserves
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("greed" is a kind of...):
desire (an inclination to want things)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "greed"):
avarice; avariciousness; covetousness; cupidity (extreme greed for material wealth)
possessiveness (excessive desire to possess or dominate)
acquisitiveness (strong desire to acquire and possess)
Derivation:
greedy (immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth)
