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aviditynoun an intense selfish desire for wealth or possessionsan advanced case of avidity that led to shoplifting at the tender age of 13 acquisitiveness, avarice, avariciousness, avidness, covetousness, cupidity, graspingness, greed, greediness, mercenariness, rapaciousness, rapacity commercialism, materialism, possessivenessgluttonousness, gluttony, piggishnessappetite, craving, desire, drive, hankering, hunger, itch, longing, lust, passion, pining, ravenousness, thirst, voracity, yearning, yenegoism, egotism, self-centeredness, self-interest, selfishness, self-regard contentment, fulfillment(or fulfilment), gratification, satisfactionbounteousness, bountifulness, bounty, charity, generosity, generousness, largesse(also largess), liberality, magnanimity, openhandedness, openheartedness, unselfishnessaltruism, selflessness urgent desire or interestin her avidity to express her opinions, she frequently and unthinkingly interrupts people appetite, ardor, avidness, desirousness, eagerness, enthusiasm, excitement, hunger, impatience, keenness, lust, thirst alacrity, quicknessambition, gusto, zestappetence, appetency, fervency, passion, warmth, zealamenability, readiness, willingness apathy, indifference casualness, insouciance, nonchalance, unconcernaloofness, detachmentimpassivity, languidness, languorhalfheartedness, lukewarmness in the 15th century |