acquisitiveness (redirected from Acquisitiveness (Phrenology))

ac·quis·i·tive  (-kwz-tv)

adj.

1. Characterized by a strong desire to gain and possess.

2. Tending to acquire and retain ideas or information: an acquisitive mind.

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ac·quisi·tive·ly adv.

ac·quisi·tive·ness n.

ac·quisi·tor (-tr) n.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

acquisitiveness - strong desire to acquire and possess greed - excessive desire to acquire or possess more (especially more material wealth) than one needs or deserves bibliomania - preoccupation with the acquisition and possession of books retentiveness, retentivity - the property of retaining possessions that have been acquired

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acquisitiveness

noun greed, selfishness, avarice, rapacity, covetousness, avidity, rapaciousness, predatoriness, avidness, graspingness His villa is filled with evidence of his acquisitiveness.

Translations

acquisitiveness [əˈkwɪzɪtɪvnɪs] N → codicia f

acquisitiveness [əˈkwɪzɪtɪvnɪs] n → instinct m de possession

acquisitiveness

n → Habgier f (pej)

acquisitiveness [əˈkwɪzɪtɪvnɪs] n → tendenza ad accumulare (pej) → materialismo