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avarice collapse: reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins); extreme greed for material wealth

drunkenness collapse: a temporary state resulting from excessive consumption of alcohol

hypertrophy collapse: abnormal enlargement of a body part or organ; undergo hypertrophy; "muscles can hypertrophy when people take steroids"

radicalism collapse: the political orientation of those who favor revolutionary change in government and society

extremism collapse: any political theory favoring immoderate uncompromising policies

greed collapse: excessive desire to acquire or possess more (especially more material wealth) than one needs or deserves

intemperance collapse: excess in action and immoderate indulgence of bodily appetites, especially in passion or indulgence; "the intemperance of their language"; consumption of alcoholic drinks; the quality of being intemperate

indulgence collapse: the remission by the pope of the temporal punishment in purgatory that is still due for sins even after absolution; "in the Middle Ages the unrestricted sale of indulgences by pardoners became a widespread abuse"; the act of indulging or gratifying a desire; a disposition to yield to the wishes of someone; "too much indulgence spoils a child"; an inability to resist the gratification of whims and desires

overmuch collapse: very great in quantity; overabundant; "showed overmuch affection"; more than necessary; "she eats too much"; "let's not blame them overmuch"

gluttony collapse: eating to excess (personified as one of the deadly sins); habitual eating to excess

excess collapse: immoderation as a consequence of going beyond sufficient or permitted limits; a quantity much larger than is needed; more than is needed, desired, or required; "trying to lose excess weight"; "found some extra change lying on the dresser"; "yet another book on heraldry might be thought redundant"; "skills made redundant by technological advance"; "sleeping in the spare room"; "supernumerary ornamentation"; "it was supererogatory of her to gloat"; "delete superfluous (or unnecessary) words"; "extra ribs as well as other supernumerary internal parts"; "surplus cheese distributed to the needy"

grasping collapse: the act of gripping something firmly with the hands; understanding with difficulty; "the lecture was beyond his most strenuous graspings"

lust collapse: self-indulgent sexual desire (personified as one of the deadly sins)

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