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hoggishness

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hog·gish  (hôgsh, hgsh)
adj.
1. Coarsely self-indulgent or gluttonous.
2. Filthy.
hoggish·ly adv.
hoggish·ness n.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.hoggishness - an excessive desire for food
greediness, piggishness
gluttony - habitual eating to excess


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It was a "messianic delusion" that led the Prohibitionists to believe that a constitutional amendment could solve "the so-called drink problem," which for Mencken was really "a small subdivision of the larger problem of saving men from their inherent and incurable hoggishness.
The Enduring Mencken by Seaton, James / Modern Age
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