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avarice::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | avariciousness, covetousness, cupidity |
| Type of | greed |
| Derivation | avaricious |
avarice::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | avaritia, covetousness, greed, rapacity |
| Type of | deadly sin, mortal sin |
| Derivation | avaricious |
Examples of avarice
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Hucksters represent their own financial avarice at the expense of their clients.
From the dailyherald.com
In the US free market economists unleashed avarice and permitted it to run amuck.
From the infowars.com
Kicked to the curb like Google's maps, in the name of what, besides pure avarice?
From the sfgate.com
Kennedy's avarice seems so coldly all-consuming that it borders on the monstrous.
From the guardian.co.uk
They are little tainted with avarice, desiring only to acquire in order to spend.
From the en.wikipedia.org
That they would steal the power away from the common man by greed and avarice.
From the washingtontimes.com
Thinly veiled behind avarice, a needy, ruthless infant is searching for food-love.
From the ocregister.com
His upbringing has also made fans a little more sympathetic about his avarice.
From the time.com
Avarice and arrogance alone are not reasons enough why he should be dismissed.
From the usatoday.com
- Reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins)
- Extreme greed for material wealth
- The Seven Deadly Sins, also known as the Capital Vices or Cardinal Sins, is a classification of the most objectionable vices that has been used since early Christian times to educate and instruct followers concerning (immoral) fallen humanity's tendency to sin. ...
- Ten Thousand Fists is the third album by American Heavy metal band Disturbed. The album was released on September 20, 2005 and became Disturbed's second consecutive number-one debut on the Billboard 200 in the United States, shipping around 239,000 copies in its opening week. ...
- Excessive or inordinate desire of gain; greediness after wealth; covetousness; cupidity; Inordinate desire for some supposed good
- Uncontrolled desire for wealth.
