codicia

Definitions of codicia
  1. noun
    reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins)
    synonyms: avaricia, rapacidad
  2. noun
    an excessive desire for wealth (usually in large amounts)
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    type of:
    egoísmo, gallería
    stinginess resulting from a concern for your own welfare and a disregard of others
  3. noun
    extreme greed for material wealth
  4. noun
    an envious eagerness to possess something
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    type of:
    envidia
    a feeling of grudging admiration and desire to have something that is possessed by another
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