avidité

Definitions of avidité
  1. noun
    strong desire to acquire and possess
    synonyms: amour du gain
  2. noun
    an excessive desire for wealth (usually in large amounts)
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    type of:
    égocentrisme, égoïsme
    stinginess resulting from a concern for your own welfare and a disregard of others
  3. noun
    excessive desire to acquire or possess more (especially more material wealth) than one needs or deserves
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    types:
    avarice
    extreme greed for material wealth
    amour du gain
    strong desire to acquire and possess
    type of:
    désir
    an inclination to want things
  4. noun
    a positive feeling of wanting to push ahead with something
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    types:
    ardeur, zèle
    a feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause)
    type of:
    enthousiasme
    a feeling of excitement
  5. noun
    an excessive desire for food
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    type of:
    gloutonnerie, goinfrerie
    habitual eating to excess
  6. noun
    reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins)
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    type of:
    péché, péché mortel
    an unpardonable sin entailing a total loss of grace
  7. noun
    extreme greed for material wealth
    synonyms: avarice
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