Insatiable longing for material or immaterial gain
For other uses, see Greed (disambiguation).
"Avarice" and "Avaritia" redirect here. For other uses, see Avarice (disambiguation) and Avaritia (disambiguation).
1909 painting The Worship of Mammon, the New Testament representation and personification of material greed, by Evelyn De Morgan
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