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concupiscence

noun • /kənˈkjupɪsəns/

1. a strong desire, especially sexual desire; lust.
2. In Christian theology, selfish human desire for an object, person, or experience.

ORIGIN: Late Latin concupīscentia, from Latin concupīscere (to desire strongly)

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