possessiveness

noun

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as in materialism

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  1. materialism
  2. greed
  3. avarice
  4. commercialism
  5. rapacity
  6. cupidity
Noun
  • Tissot was particularly fascinated by the mores and materialism of high society.
    Brigit Katz, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Jan. 2025
  • Scientism, or scientific materialism, is the dogmatic belief that science and its methods for gathering information are the only valid sources for true knowledge.
    Arianna Huffington, TIME, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of materialism
Noun
  • California For Subscribers The Mexican Mafia Tapes: Secret recordings reveal greed, betrayal — and a deal with the feds Sept. 4, 2024 Stinson had already been serving a life sentence for murdering a drug dealer in 1979.
    Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 15 Jan. 2025
  • Meanwhile, some ski industry observers say Vail's reluctance to increase patroller pay was part of a larger pattern of greed in a business largely controlled by two companies in North America: Vail, which runs 42 ski resorts worldwide, and the smaller Alterra, which operates 12.
    Erin Alberty, Axios, 9 Jan. 2025
Definition of greed
Noun
  • Its third and latest season offers a sharp dissection of how work can become an obsession, the false promises of ethical investing, and the endless cycle of avarice to which stockbrokers (and perhaps the rest of us) belong.
    Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 12 Dec. 2024
  • 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
Definition of avarice
Noun
  • Rock music’s popularity had skyrocketed in the wake of the British Invasion, and many folk devotees considered its commercialism to be a threat to their communal values.
    Grant Wong, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Although, the message of the 25-minute feature was not to get too caught up in holiday commercialism.
    Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 30 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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