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Acquisitiveness
Ac-quis′i-tive-ness
,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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Definition 2024
acquisitiveness
acquisitiveness
English
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.
Translations
propensity to acquire property
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References
- acquisitiveness in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913