rapaciousness
Rapaciousness denotes the quality or state of being rapacious: aggressively greedy, predatory, or voracious in acquiring resources or influence. The adjective rapacious, and the noun rapacity or rapaciousness, derive from Latin rapax “predatory” and rapere “to seize.” In everyday use, the term often carries a moral assessment of relentless exploitation, though it can also describe natural predation.
In biology, rapacious describes animals that prey on others, such as carnivorous species. In social and economic
As a normative term, rapaciousness invites ethical scrutiny. Some scholars distinguish between individual vice and systemic
The term is related to, and sometimes contrasted with, concepts such as greed, avarice, predation, exploitation,