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thirst for knowledge

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thirst for knowledge - curiosity that motivates investigation and study

desire to know, lust for learning

curiosity, wonder - a state in which you want to learn more about something

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His teachers complained that he would not learn, while his soul was brimming over with thirst for knowledge.

Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo View in context

In her intellectual character it is pleasing to observe an insatiable thirst for knowledge, and a quick perception of the relations of things.

American Notes for General Circulation by Dickens, Charles View in context

For why should the thirst for knowledge be aroused, only to be disappointed and punished?

Flatland by Abbott, Edwin View in context

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