cupidity in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for cupidity in the English»Spanish Dictionary

cupidity [Am kjuˈpɪdədi, Brit kjuːˈpɪdɪti] N U liter

cupidity

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English

It is from within, among yourselves -- from cupidity, from corruption... and inordinate thirst for power -- that factions will be formed and liberty endangered.

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Incitement has a particularly broad "actus reus"; it has been interpreted to include a suggestion, proposal, request, exhortation, gesture, argument, persuasion, inducement, goading or the arousal of cupidity.

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One will find without doubt a curious cocktail of ignorance, of mathematic dogmatism, cupidity and pure delinquency.

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What concerns me isn't even the laughable obviousness of his cupidity: the jewels and gold chains and limos and bodyguards.

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In this language of convertibles, you have every nuance of cupidity.

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In addition, its creator can instruct it to pile up treasures and watch over them and to simulate a form of cupidity.

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The cupidity and villainy of human beings is over emphasised.

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Our wealth is limited but their cupidity is infinite.

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Failures are instead attributed to oddity in the law, flaws in the judiciary, or the cupidity of juries.

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Whether it is stupidity or cupidity is less important than the damage done.

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