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Coveting another person's goods is usually called [[envy]], a word commonly confused with [[jealousy]]. The two words denote opposite forms of greed. We may envy and wish to have the possessions or qualities of another, but we jealously guard the possessions or qualities we believe we have and refuse to share these with others. Greed for food or [[Alcoholism|drink]], combined with excessive indulgence in them, is called [[gluttony]]. Excessive greed for and indulgence in [[sex]] is called [[lust]], although this term no longer carries as negative connotations as it once did. Coveting another person's goods is usually called [[envy]], a word commonly confused with [[jealousy]]. The two words denote opposite forms of greed. We may envy and wish to have the possessions or qualities of another, but we jealously guard the possessions or qualities we believe we have and refuse to share these with others. Greed for food or [[Alcoholism|drink]], combined with excessive indulgence in them, is called [[gluttony]]. Excessive greed for and indulgence in [[sex]] is called [[lust]], although this term no longer carries as negative connotations as it once did.
 +== Inspirations ==
 +[[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.
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 +In '''Christian morality''':
 +*[[Greed (sin)]], one of the Seven Deadly Sins.
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 +In '''music''':
 +*[[Greed (album)|''Greed'' (album)]], an album by the Swans
 +*[[Greed (Ambitious Lovers album)|''Greed'' (Ambitious Lovers album)]]
 +*[[Greed (song)|"Greed" (song)]], a song by Godsmack
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 +In '''film and television''':
 +*[[Greed (film)|''Greed'' (film)]] a 1924 film by Erich von Stroheim
 +*[[Greed (2006 film)|''Greed'' (2006 film)]]
 +*[[Greed (game show)|''Greed'' (game show)]], an American TV quiz show
 +*[[WCW Greed]], a professional wrestling pay-per-view TV show
 +*''[[Ganancia]]'' (''Greed''), a Portuguese TV series featuring [[Ana Rita Machado]]
 +*"Greed", an [[List of 2point4 children episodes#ep29|episode of ''2point4 children'']]
 +*Greed, a character in the manga and anime series [[List of Fullmetal Alchemist characters#Greed|''Fullmetal Alchemist'']]
 +*Greeed, the villains from the Tokusatsu series [[Kamen Rider OOO]]
 +*Greed, a character in the webcomic [[Jack (webcomic)#Characters|''Jack'']]
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 +In '''other uses''':
 +*[[Greed (dice game)]]
 +*[[Greed (Jelinek novel)|''Greed'' (Jelinek novel)]], a novel by Elfriede Jelinek
 +*[[Greed (Wasserman novel)|''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 selfish, excessive or uncontrolled desire for or pursuit of money, wealth, food, or other possessions, especially when this denies the same goods to others. It is generally considered a vice, and is one of the seven deadly sins in Catholicism. (People who do not view unconstrained acquisitiveness as a vice will generally use a word other than greed, which has strong negative connotations.)

Some desire to increase one's wealth is nearly universal and acceptable in any culture, but this simple want is not considered greed. Greed is the extreme form of this desire, especially where one desires things simply for the sake of owning them. Greed may entail acquiring material possessions at the expense of another person's welfare (for example, a father buying himself a new car rather than fix the roof of his family's home) or otherwise reflect flawed priorities.

Coveting another person's goods is usually called envy, a word commonly confused with jealousy. The two words denote opposite forms of greed. We may envy and wish to have the possessions or qualities of another, but we jealously guard the possessions or qualities we believe we have and refuse to share these with others. Greed for food or drink, combined with excessive indulgence in them, is called gluttony. Excessive greed for and indulgence in sex is called lust, although this term no longer carries as negative connotations as it once did.

Inspirations

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.

In Christian morality:

In music:

In film and television:

In other uses:


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