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单词 pleonexia
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Definition of pleonexia in English:

pleonexia

noun pliːəˈnɛksɪəˌplēəˈneksēə
mass nounrare
  • Extreme greed for wealth or material possessions; avarice.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • He presents pleonexia as a first principle of human nature.
    • When a man has pleonexia in his heart he loses sight of God in a mad desire to get.
    • Because we stand to lose more than we could gain from unbridled pleonexia we have entered into a compact neither to do nor to allow injustice.
    • Pleonexia is associated with the rational part of the soul.
    • He portrays them as deeply divided, because their pleonexia leaves them dissatisfied and full of self-hatred.
    Synonyms
    avarice, greediness, acquisitiveness, covetousness, rapacity, graspingness, cupidity, avidity, possessiveness, materialism

Derivatives

  • pleonectic

  • adjective
    rare
    • By nature we are all pleonectic.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The attempted lawgiving of the wolf commander is undermined by the lawgiver's pleonectic sequestering of his own booty from the hunt.
      • The desire to have more than one's share and to deprive others of their basic needs spawns pathological behavior in the pleonectic person.
      • Given the conventional character of justice and our own pleonectic nature, why should any one of us be just, in any context in which injustice would be profitable?
      • The legislators will have to seek out and punish those who exhibit pleonectic desires.

Origin

Mid 19th century: Greek, from pleonektein 'be greedy', from pleiōn 'more' + ekhein 'have'.

Definition of pleonexia in US English:

pleonexia

nounˌplēəˈneksēə
rare
  • Extreme greed for wealth or material possessions; avarice.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Because we stand to lose more than we could gain from unbridled pleonexia we have entered into a compact neither to do nor to allow injustice.
    • Pleonexia is associated with the rational part of the soul.
    • He portrays them as deeply divided, because their pleonexia leaves them dissatisfied and full of self-hatred.
    • When a man has pleonexia in his heart he loses sight of God in a mad desire to get.
    • He presents pleonexia as a first principle of human nature.
    Synonyms
    avarice, greediness, acquisitiveness, covetousness, rapacity, graspingness, cupidity, avidity, possessiveness, materialism

Origin

Mid 19th century: Greek, from pleonektein ‘be greedy’, from pleiōn ‘more’ + ekhein ‘have’.

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