noun

greed for money or possessions.

new wealth, however tainted by cupidity and egoism, tends to be favourable for the arts

greed,avarice,avariciousness,acquisitiveness,covetousness,rapacity,rapaciousness,materialism,mercenariness,meanness,miserliness,money-grubbing,money-grabbing,an itching palm,grabbiness,Mammonism