pleonexia means Excessive or insatiable greed, avarice, covetousness, the desire to have more, a greedy desire for certain goods. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.
Why this word is great
PLEONEXIA — [Noun] The condition of excessive, insatiable greed, specifically the desire to possess more than one's due portion or what rightfully belongs to others. From Ancient Greek πλεονεξία (pleonexía, "greediness"), from πλέον (pleon, "more") and ἔχειν (ékhein, "to have"). Unlike avarice, which connotes a passive, miserly hoarding, or ambition, which can be a neutral engine for striving, pleonexia is the active, corrosive impulse to seize and expand one's dominion at any cost. It is the hand that takes the extra slice from the shared platter, the developer who quietly moves the boundary fence, the empire redrawing its borders by candlelight—a relentless pathology that mistakes the horizon for a possession and finds the world forever too small.
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- Excessive or insatiable greed, avarice, covetousness, the desire to have more, a greedy desire for certain goods.“There are two words in the Greek which set forth the nature of covetousness: 1. Pleonexia, which signifies an 'insatiable desire of getting the world.' Covetousness is a dry dropsy.”