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cupidity (cu·pid·i·ty): / kyoo PID i tee /
adjective

(1) excessive greed, especially for money or possessions; inordinate desire for material wealth; eager and demanding want; covetousness; avarice
(2) lust; strong desire

[From Middle English ‘cupidite’ from Middle French cupidité from Latin cupiditas meaning “passionate desire, eager want,” from cupere meaning “to desire, want.”]

Usage: Were it not for cupidity in our nation’s wealthy, not to mention that which defines at least half of the political landscape, there would be no hunger or homelessness or need in the U.S.