ac·quis·i·tive

(ə-kwĭz′ĭ-tĭv)

adj.

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

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

ac·quis′i·tive·ly adv.

ac·quis′i·tive·ness n.

ac·quis′i·tor (-tər) n.

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Noun

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

acquisitiveness

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

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acquisitiveness

noun

Excessive desire for more than one needs or deserves:

avarice, avariciousness, avidity, covetousness, cupidity, graspingness, greed.

Informal: grabbiness.

Translations

وَلَع بِالأكْتِسَاب

hrabivostzištnost

begærlighedhavesyge

Habgier Gewinnsucht

instinct de possession

szereznivágyás

ágirni

kjøpelyst

aç gözlülükdoymazlık

渴望得到

acquisitiveness

[əˈkwɪzɪtɪvnɪs] N → codicia f

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acquisitiveness

[əˈkwɪzɪtɪvnɪs] n → instinct m de possession

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acquisitiveness

n → Habgier f (pej)

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acquisitiveness

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

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acquire

(əˈkwaiə) verb

to get. He acquired a knowledge of English.

acquisition (ӕkwiˈziʃən) noun

1. the act of acquiring. the acquisition of more land.

2. something acquired. Her recent acquisitions included a piano.

acquisitive (əˈkwizətiv) adjective

eager to get possessions. an acquisitive child.

acˈquisitiveness noun

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Acquisitiveness is common but generations differ: Old collectors were maximalists who amassed many different things, while new collectors are more focused - minimalists who live in curated spaces.

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In history, causes of war remain same as of competition among individuals; acquisitiveness, pugnacity and pride - desire for food, land, material, fuel and mastery.

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These findings are generally consistent with trait-profiles and grandiose and vulnerable narcissism, which emphasize agentic-extraversion and acquisitiveness versus anxiety and negative self-other perceptions, respectively.

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It begins with the early- to mid-'90s photos she took in LA, documenting the Reagan-inflected blossoming of a new strain of conspicuous consumption, which, with its barefaced, vulgar materialism and its reliance on cheap credit and rapidly constructed housing, marked a break from the postwar social world that preceded it, prizing unashamed acquisitiveness over Protestant work ethic.

MAKE IT RAIN: Naomi Fry on Lauren Greenfield's "Generation Wealth"

A whole generation of parents obsess over the best schools and the best results not merely to see their child do well but to be seen to be climbing the fraught ladder of social and material acquisitiveness and the burden is placed on the child to excel not to be happy.

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