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    [Adjective]  | "grasp*ing" | \ ˈgra-spiŋ \


    1: used, designed, or adapted to grasp

    2: desiring material possessions urgently and excessively and often to the point of ruthlessness


    Origin: 1577 ;

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    [Noun]  | "graspingness" 


    1: an intense selfish desire for wealth or possessions;


      * e.g., " ... that period of the 19th century when the graspingness of the robber barons knew no bounds is often called the Gilded Age "



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    [Adjective]  | "grasping" 


    1: having or marked by an eager and often selfish desire especially for material possessions;


      * e.g., " ... a grasping person who would rather buy a car he didn't need than give a dime to charity "



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