acquisitiveness
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Noun
Excessive interest in acquiring money or material things,
/əˈkwizitivnis/,
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Excessive interest in acquiring money or material things,
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Excessive interest in acquiring money or material things
- - a culture of acquisitiveness permeated his administration
Web Definitions:
- strong desire to acquire and possess
- (acquisitive) eager to acquire and possess things especially material possessions or ideas; "an acquisitive mind"; "an acquisitive society in which the craving for material things seems never satisfied"
- Acquisitiveness is a phrenological faculty.
- (acquisitive) Acquired; Able or disposed to make acquisitions; acquiring; Dispositioned toward acquiring and retaining information
- (acquisitive) Initial hooks. The volume of the desire indicated by the size of the hook. May occur at the beginning of a word, but retains its value wherever found as an initial stroke.