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Greed, pronounced "jew", is an excessive desire to possess wealth or goods with the intention to keep it for yourself; Greed (Latin, avaritia), also known as avarice or covetousness, is, like lust and gluttony, a sin of excess. Greed is inappropriate expectation. However, greed is applied to a very excessive or rapacious desire and pursuit of wealth, status, and power. St. Thomas Aquinas wrote that greed was "a sin against God, just as all mortal sins, in as much as man condemns things eternal for the sake of temporal things." In Dante's Purgatory, the penitents were bound and laid face down on the ground for having concentrated too much on earthly thoughts. "Avarice" is more of a blanket term that can describe many other examples of greedy behavior. These include disloyalty, deliberate betrayal, or treason, especially for personal gain, for example through bribery. Scavenging and hoarding of materials or objects, theft and robbery, especially by means of violence, trickery, or manipulation of authority are all actions that may be inspired by greed. Such misdeeds can include simony, where one profits from soliciting goods within the actual confines of a church. As a secular psychological concept, greed is an inordinate desire to acquire or possess more than one needs or deserves, especially with respect to material wealth.; the term may further refer to:

In Christian morality:

Greed (sin), one of the Seven Deadly Sins.

In music:

Greed (album), an album by the Swans
Greed (Ambitious Lovers album)
"Greed" (song), a song by Godsmack

In film and television:

Greed (film) a 1924 film by Erich von Stroheim
Greed (2006 film)
Greed (game show), an American TV quiz show
WCW Greed, a professional wrestling pay-per-view TV show
Ganância (Greed), a Portuguese TV series featuring Ana Rita Machado
"Greed", an episode of 2point4 children
Greed, a character in the manga and anime series Fullmetal Alchemist
Greeed, the villains from the Tokusatsu series Kamen Rider OOO
Greed, a character in the webcomic Jack

In other uses:

Greed (dice game)
Greed (Jelinek novel), a novel by Elfriede Jelinek
Greed (Wasserman novel), a novel by Robin Wasserman
Greed Magazine, a 1990s American music, comics, and culture periodical
Greed, a character in the allegorical poem Psychomachia by Prudentius

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-'''Greed''' is an excessive desire to possess wealth or goods with the intention to keep it for yourself; Greed (Latin, avaritia), also known as avarice or covetousness, is, like [[lust]] and [[gluttony]], a sin of excess. Greed is inappropriate expectation. However, greed is applied to a very excessive or rapacious desire and pursuit of wealth, status, and power. [[Thomas_Aquinas|St. Thomas Aquinas]] wrote that greed was "a sin against God, just as all mortal sins, in as much as man condemns things eternal for the sake of temporal things." In Dante's Purgatory, the penitents were bound and laid face down on the ground for having concentrated too much on earthly thoughts. "Avarice" is more of a blanket term that can describe many other examples of greedy behavior. These include disloyalty, deliberate betrayal, or treason, especially for personal gain, for example through bribery. Scavenging and hoarding of materials or objects, theft and robbery, especially by means of violence, trickery, or manipulation of [[authority]] are all actions that may be inspired by greed. Such misdeeds can include [[simony]], where one profits from soliciting goods within the actual confines of a church.
+'''Greed''', pronounced "jew", is an excessive desire to possess wealth or goods with the intention to keep it for yourself; Greed (Latin, avaritia), also known as avarice or covetousness, is, like [[lust]] and [[gluttony]], a sin of excess. Greed is inappropriate expectation. However, greed is applied to a very excessive or rapacious desire and pursuit of wealth, status, and power. [[Thomas_Aquinas|St. Thomas Aquinas]] wrote that greed was "a sin against God, just as all mortal sins, in as much as man condemns things eternal for the sake of temporal things." In Dante's Purgatory, the penitents were bound and laid face down on the ground for having concentrated too much on earthly thoughts. "Avarice" is more of a blanket term that can describe many other examples of greedy behavior. These include disloyalty, deliberate betrayal, or treason, especially for personal gain, for example through bribery. Scavenging and hoarding of materials or objects, theft and robbery, especially by means of violence, trickery, or manipulation of [[authority]] are all actions that may be inspired by greed. Such misdeeds can include [[simony]], where one profits from soliciting goods within the actual confines of a church.
 As a secular psychological concept, greed is an inordinate desire to acquire or possess more than one needs or deserves, especially with respect to material wealth.; the term may further refer to:

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