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Apparently, pleonexia is the condition I've been battling, with extremely variable success, since I started Project Empty: Get Rid of All My Crap.
A.Word.A.Day
with Anu Garg
pleonexia
PRONUNCIATION:
(pli-uh-NEK-see-uh)
MEANING:
noun: Excessive or insatiable covetousness.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Greek pleonektein (to be greedy), from pleion (more) + ekhein (have).
USAGE:
"Don McClanen thinks a condition called pleonexia has overtaken the U.S. 'Pleonexia is an insatiable need for more of what I already have, and it has penetrated our culture to the point where people are angry at the poor,' he states."
--Jaye Scholl; Don McClanen Offers the Wealthy a Different Kind of Freedom; Barron's (New York); Sep 18, 2000.
A.Word.A.Day
with Anu Garg
pleonexia
PRONUNCIATION:
(pli-uh-NEK-see-uh)
MEANING:
noun: Excessive or insatiable covetousness.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Greek pleonektein (to be greedy), from pleion (more) + ekhein (have).
USAGE:
"Don McClanen thinks a condition called pleonexia has overtaken the U.S. 'Pleonexia is an insatiable need for more of what I already have, and it has penetrated our culture to the point where people are angry at the poor,' he states."
--Jaye Scholl; Don McClanen Offers the Wealthy a Different Kind of Freedom; Barron's (New York); Sep 18, 2000.
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