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Acquisitiveness

Ac-quis′i-tive-ness

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Noun.
1.
The quality of being acquisitive; propensity to acquire property; desire of possession.
2.
(Phren.)
The faculty to which the phrenologists attribute the desire of acquiring and possessing.
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acquisitiveness

acquisitiveness

English

Noun

acquisitiveness (usually uncountable, plural acquisitivenesses)

  1. The quality of being acquisitive; propensity to acquire property; desire of possession.
  2. (phrenology) The faculty to which the phrenologists attribute the desire of acquiring and possessing.

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References

  • acquisitiveness in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913