avarice
noun
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins)
Types & categories
- mortal sin hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 noun
extreme greed for material wealth
Types & categories
- greed hypernym
Related & opposite
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | grasping |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | voracious |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | mortal sin |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | grasping |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | covetous |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | greed |