possessiveness

noun

Definition of possessivenessnext
as in materialism

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  1. materialism
  2. greed
  3. avarice
  4. commercialism
  5. rapacity
  6. cupidity
Noun
  • In an era of peak materialism, there’s something about giving an experience instead of an object that really appeals to me this gifting season.
    Times Staff, Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2024
  • His notoriously pornographic breakthrough novel, The Elementary Particles, trafficked in masturbation, flashing, orgies, and child rape but really amounted to a diatribe against a godless materialism.
    Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 24 Oct. 2024
Definition of materialism
Noun
  • In the wake of the arrest, many social media users have cast Mangione as a martyr against corporate greed or used the shooting to criticize the health insurance industry.
    Sara Dorn, Forbes, 15 Dec. 2024
  • Those details are worth bearing in mind as some people seek to cast his killing as a tale of justified, or at least understandable, fury against faceless corporate greed.
    Bret Stephens, The Mercury News, 14 Dec. 2024
Definition of greed
Noun
  • Zoom out: The public's reaction to Thompson's killing has highlighted the avarice and inequality that many Americans believe is at the root of the country's health care system.
    Ivana Saric, Axios, 10 Dec. 2024
  • First, there is a widespread perception that health insurance companies are characterized by avarice and callousness.
    Niall Stanage, The Hill, 6 Dec. 2024
Definition of avarice
Noun
  • Hana provides a unique and authentic Hawaiian experience away from the crowds and commercialism of more popular tourist destinations.
    Kathleen Wong, USA TODAY, 15 Dec. 2024
  • Still, passions about Black Friday run deep, rooted in family traditions and stances on capitalism, consumerism and commercialism of the holidays.
    Eric Larsen, The Indianapolis Star, 28 Nov. 2024
Definition of commercialism
Noun
  • Or consider the explorers who left a cold and hungry Europe in search of tropical riches, only to realize that their own rapacity could quickly exhaust the bounty of an island paradise.
    Deborah R. Coen, Foreign Affairs, 12 Feb. 2014
  • Adjacent to the Gold Room was the Bravo Bazaar, a mall of real commercial rapacity.
    Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 17 Nov. 2023
Definition of rapacity
Noun
  • Pilgrimage, though couched in spiritual aims, often bordered on sheer cupidity.
    Aatish Taseer, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2023
  • To cupidity, and beyond!
    Kyle Smith, WSJ, 16 June 2022
Definition of cupidity
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