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Acquisitiveness
Acquisitiveness meaning
The quality of being acquisitive; propensity to acquire property; desire of possession. | The faculty to which the phrenologists attribute the desire of acquiring and possessing.
Synonyms of Acquisitiveness
Example sentences (3)
Anderson acknowledges a traditional acquisitiveness towards Greenland, being a gem of mineral and natural resource wealth.
By the standards of 19th century tycoons, Carnegie was not a particularly ruthless man but a humanitarian with enough acquisitiveness to go in the ruthless pursuit of money.
These reforms were promoted to encourage materialism and acquisitiveness in order to stimulate economic growth.