| Pronunciation: | | u'kwizitivnes
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[n] strong desire to acquire and possess |
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ACQUISITIVENESS is a 15 letter word that starts with A. |
| | See Also: | | bibliomania, greed, retentiveness |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Ac*quis"i*tive*ness\, n.
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. --Combe.
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