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Strong desire to acquire and possess
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acquisitiveness
Word definitions for acquisitiveness in dictionaries
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Acquisitiveness is a phrenological faculty.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. strong desire to acquire and possess
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Acquisitiveness \Ac*quis"i*tive*ness\, n. The quality of being acquisitive; propensity to acquire property; desire of possession. (Phren.) The faculty to which the phrenologists attribute the desire of acquiring and possessing. --Combe.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 The quality of being acquisitive; propensity to acquire property; desire of possession. 2 (lb en phrenology) The faculty to which the phrenologists attribute the desire of acquiring and possessing.
Usage examples of acquisitiveness.
Such are the functions of Acquisitiveness, Secretiveness, Selfishness, and Combativeness, as well as the Generative powers.
Bech, long mangled by citified cynicism, will now enter Rabbitland, with its safety, its squabbling, its marathon acquisitiveness.