Avarice - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈævərɪs|
Brit.
|ˈæv(ə)rɪs|
noun
- reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins) (syn: greed, rapacity)
- extreme greed for material wealth (syn: cupidity)
- extreme greed for material wealth (syn: cupidity)
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The corporate world is plagued by avarice and a thirst for power.
He was driven by avarice.
...an insatiate avarice that impels him to work incessantly for a fortune that he will never have time to enjoy...
He was the superlative degree of avarice.
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