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AVARICIOUSNESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does avariciousness mean? 

AVARICIOUSNESS (noun)
  The noun AVARICIOUSNESS has 1 sense:

1. extreme greed for material wealthplay

  Familiarity information: AVARICIOUSNESS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


AVARICIOUSNESS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Extreme greed for material wealth

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

avarice; avariciousness; covetousness; cupidity

Hypernyms ("avariciousness" is a kind of...):

greed (excessive desire to acquire or possess more (especially more material wealth) than one needs or deserves)

Derivation:

avaricious (immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth)


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