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Definitions of covetousness in various dictionaries:

noun - an envious eagerness to possess something

noun - extreme greed for material wealth

noun - reprehensible acquisitiveness

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Possible Crossword Clues
Desire (for another's property)
Chap to employ ship, acquiring new desire for other�s property

Last Seen in these Crosswords & Puzzles
May 24 2018 The Telegraph - Toughie
Jan 8 2005 The Times - Concise

Possible Dictionary Clues
Immoderate desire for the possession of something, especially for wealth.
: marked by inordinate desire for wealth or possessions or for another's possessions. 2. : having a craving for possession bcovetousb of powergt covetously adverb.
an envious eagerness to possess something
reprehensible acquisitiveness insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins)
extreme greed for material wealth

Covetousness might refer to
Greed, or avarice, is an inordinate or insatiable longing for unneeded excess, especially for excess wealth, status, power, or food. * As a secular psychological concept, greed is an inordinate desire to acquire or possess more than one needs. The degree of inordinance is related to the inability to control the reformulation of "wants" once desired "needs" are eliminated. Erich Fromm described greed as "a bottomless pit which exhausts the person in an endless effort to satisfy the need without ever reaching satisfaction." It is typically used to criticize those who seek excessive material wealth, although it may apply to the need to feel more excessively moral, social, or otherwise better than someone else. * The purpose for greed, and any actions associated with it, is possibly to deprive others of potential means (perhaps, of basic survival and comfort) or future opportunities accordingly, or to obstruct them therefrom, thus insidious and tyrannical or otherwise having a negative connota

Covetousness might refer to

Greed, or avarice, is an inordinate or insatiable longing for unneeded excess, especially for excess wealth, status, power, or food.
* As a secular psychological concept, greed is an inordinate desire to acquire or possess more than one needs. The degree of inordinance is related to the inability to control the reformulation of "wants" once desired "needs" are eliminated. Erich Fromm described greed as "a bottomless pit which exhausts the person in an endless effort to satisfy the need without ever reaching satisfaction." It is typically used to criticize those who seek excessive material wealth, although it may apply to the need to feel more excessively moral, social, or otherwise better than someone else.
* The purpose for greed, and any actions associated with it, is possibly to deprive others of potential means (perhaps, of basic survival and comfort) or future opportunities accordingly, or to obstruct them therefrom, thus insidious and tyrannical or otherwise having a negative connota

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