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ACQUISITIVENESS

• ACQUISITIVENESS (noun)
The noun ACQUISITIVENESS has 1 sense:

1. strong desire to acquire and possess

Familiarity information: ACQUISITIVENESS used as a noun is very rare.

• ACQUISITIVENESS (noun)

Sense 1

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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)

"Wide ears and short tongue are the best."
(English proverb)
"The rain falls yonder, but the drops strike here."
(Bhutanese proverb)
"If the water is available you need not clean up with sand."
(Arabic proverb)
"Many small creeks make a big river."
(Danish proverb)

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