ACQUISITIVENESS

acquisitiveness

(noun) strong desire to acquire and possess

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

acquisitiveness (usually uncountable, plural acquisitivenesses)

The quality of being acquisitive; propensity to acquire property; desire of possession.

(phrenology) The faculty to which the phrenologists attribute the desire of acquiring and possessing.

Source: Wiktionary


Ac*quis"i*tive*ness, n.

1. The quality of being acquisitive; propensity to acquire property; desire of possession.

2. (Phren.)

Definition: The faculty to which the phrenologists attribute the desire of acquiring and possessing. Combe.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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