predaciousnessn.
/prᵻˈdeɪʃəsnəs/, U.S. /prəˈdeɪʃəsnəs/ The state or condition of being predacious.
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the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > robbery > spoliation or depredation > [noun] > quality of
predacity1839
predatoriness1890
predaciousness1900
1900 G. B. Shaw Let. 28 Apr. (1972) II. 161 You would restrain him from such predaciousness.
1918 H. T. Follett & W. Follett Some Mod. Novelists xiii. 350 Mr. Dreiser's philosophy..is based almost altogether on the predaciousness of the human animal, in sex, in finance, even in art.
1988 E. Sauer Barbarous Dissonance & Images of Voice Milton's Epics v. 117 Satan's predaciousness foreshadows the tyranny of the mighty hunter Nimrod.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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