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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 wealth
Familiarity information: AVARICIOUSNESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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