acquisitiveness
Noun
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Strong desire to acquire and possess (synset 104953255)
tells us about:
- acquisitive - eager to acquire and possess things especially material possessions or ideas
- unacquisitive - not acquisitive; not interested in acquiring or owning anything
is a type of: greed - excessive desire to acquire or possess more (especially more material wealth) than one needs or deservessubtypes:- bibliomania - preoccupation with the acquisition and possession of books
- retentiveness, retentivity - the property of retaining possessions that have been acquired
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