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Excessive desire for possessions and wealth.

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      Uso de cupidity em inglês
      1
      Crime prevailed; cupidity and vengeance were the guiding principles of the chieftains.
      Simón Bolívar (The Liberator) / Patriot, Warrior, Statesman, Fat...
      2
      The hankering after these arises from pride, error of judgment, and cupidity.
      The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 / Books 8,...
      3
      But this had only excited the cupidity of the other petty states.
      The Naval History of the United States. Volume 1
      4
      He tried to satisfy this cupidity, but it stuck in his throat.
      The Cloister and the Hearth
      5
      Property was secure, unless enormous fortunes tempted the cupidity of the emperors.
      The Old Roman World : the Grandeur and Failure of Its Civilizati...
      6
      From desire spring cupidity and delusion and vanity and pride and selfishness.
      The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 / Books 8,...
      7
      That the cupidity of Rasputin knew no bounds I was well aware.
      The Minister of Evil: The Secret History of Rasputin's Betrayal ...
      8
      The struggle between thirst for vengeance and cupidity was severe but short.
      The Prairie
      9
      Jacob Kent had suffered from cupidity all the days of his life.
      The God of His Fathers: Tales of the Klondyke
      10
      It was an avarice which thwarted itself, a penny-wise and pound-foolish cupidity.
      Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 1
      11
      They that are free from cupidity have never to suffer any sorrow.
      The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 / Books 8,...
      12
      Through his self-love and cupidity I gained a hold upon my man.
      The Country Doctor
      13
      Moreover, cupidity: Miss Webster too must make a will, and before long.
      The Bell in the Fog and Other Stories
      14
      Selfishness, cupidity and greed lead to tyranny, and tyranny finally destroys itself.
      Shakspere, Personal Recollections
      15
      It was this which roused my curiosity, or cupidity, if you will.
      The Puppet Crown
      16
      You thus impose on the impetuous sallies of cupidity a salutary rein!
      The Ruins; Or, Meditation on the Revolutions of Empires and the ...
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      Cupidity ao longo do tempo
      Cupidity nas variantes da língua
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