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ACQUISITIVENESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Strong desire to acquire and possess
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("acquisitiveness" is a kind of...):
greed (excessive desire to acquire or possess more (especially more material wealth) than one needs or deserves)
Attribute:
acquisitive (eager to acquire and possess things especially material possessions or ideas)
unacquisitive (not acquisitive; not interested in acquiring or owning anything)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "acquisitiveness"):
bibliomania (preoccupation with the acquisition and possession of books)
retentiveness; retentivity (the property of retaining possessions that have been acquired)
Derivation:
acquisitive (eager to acquire and possess things especially material possessions or ideas)
