Meaning of greed in English

(Definition of greed from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
(Definition of greed from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of greed

greed
Together they formed the impetus for greed and corruption, not democratic cohesion.
For such a thought, like prayer, is easily contaminated by greed, obsessions, fears and self-destructive impulses.
First, if greed for office motivated the choice of a nominating strategy, then overnomination should have been general among the parties.
Fear, greed, ambition or ignorance prevented other observers at court from making such a record.
And then there is greed, which can be camouflaged under reasons that seem to be acceptable justifications.
Against a background of corporate greed and malfeasance, a renewed focus on transparency and accountability is or seems to be permeating the business world.
Revivalists thought the church bureaucracy was simply an excuse for elders' greed.
The cunning speculator who places bets on the victims' greed or gullibility has consequently received more attention than perhaps more exculpable, less glamorous, moral vacillators.
There wasn't much hubris and fear and greed in his theories.
And it hasn't just been domination and greed all the way.
The primary focus on profit maximization, however, overlooks many nonprofit objectives involved in resource allocation and social preferences beyond greed.
The offer of a bounty preying on human greed brings in its wake its own dangers.
In their selfabsorption they have convinced themselves that ' greed is acceptable if it includes a cognate self-actualizing component ' (p. 24).
Despite her warnings he destroyed out of greed a tube that was dripping oil.
However, that will not happen, because the country is driven by capitalist greed, which in turn billows out war and violence.
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Translations of greed

in Chinese (Traditional)
(尤指對食物或錢財的)貪婪,貪心,貪慾…
in Chinese (Simplified)
(尤指对食物或钱财的)贪婪,贪心,贪欲…
in Spanish
avaricia, avaricia [feminine], gula [feminine]…
in Portuguese
avareza, gula, avidez…
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हाव, लोभ…
強欲, 貪(どん)欲, 貪欲(どんよく)…
aç gözlülük, tamahkârlık, hırs…
avidité [feminine], gourmandise [feminine], avidité…
avarícia, golafreria…
gulzigheid, gierigheid…
தொடர்ந்து எதையாவது, குறிப்பாக உணவு அல்லது பணத்தைப் பெறுவதற்கான மிக வலுவான விருப்பம்…
(भोजन या धन की) लालसा…
લાલસા, લોભ…
grådighed…
glupskhet, snikenhet…
gelojoh…
die Gier, der Geiz…
grådighet [masculine], glupskhet [masculine], storspisthet [masculine]…
لالچ, حرص…
жадібність…
అత్యాశ/ నిరంతరం ఏదైనా ఎక్కువ పొందాలనే బలమైన కోరిక, ముఖ్యంగా ఆహారం లేదా డబ్బు…
লোভ…
nenasytnost, lačnost…
kerakusan…
ความโลภ…
sự tham lam…
chciwość, łakomstwo, zachłanność…
탐욕, 식탐…
ingordigia, avidità, golosità…
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