pleonexia

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   an excessive desire to possess more, especially more wealth, power, or advantage than one's fair share

   The philosopher treated pleonexia as a civic vice that turns competition into exploitation.

Borrowed from Ancient Greek pleonexia ("greediness, the desire to have more"), built on pleon ("more") and echein ("to have"). In Greek ethical and political thought it often meant seeking more than one's rightful share.

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