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Noun: rapaciousness  ru'pey-shus-nus
  1. Extreme gluttony
    - edacity, esurience, rapacity, voracity, voraciousness
     
  2. An excessive desire for wealth (usually in large amounts)
    "the rapaciousness of lawyers";
    - greediness, voraciousness
     
  3. (of an animal, usually a bird) The quality of subsisting off live prey.
    - predaciousness, predaceousness, rapacity

Type of: carnivorousness, gluttony, selfishness, zoophagy