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- Dictionaryacquisitiveness/əˈkwɪzɪtɪvnɪs/
noun
- 1. excessive interest in acquiring money or material things: "this aggressive merchandising encourages acquisitiveness among children"
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ACQUISITIVENESS definition: 1. eagerness to own and collect things: 2. the fact that a company buys other companies: 3…. Learn more.
: strongly desirous of acquiring and possessing. acquisitively adverb. acquisitiveness noun. Did you know? While acquisitive is a useful synonym of the likes of greedy and avaricious, it's relatively unknown compared to its more popular lexical relations, acquire and acquisition.
acquisitiveness. Add to list Share. /əˈkwɪzətɪvnəs/ IPA guide. If you've got the characteristic of acquisitiveness, you really like money and the things it can buy. Your acquisitiveness might get you into trouble if you don't have a huge salary.
noun. eagerness to acquire things, esp material possessions. The word acquisitiveness is derived from acquisitive, shown below. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. acquisitive in British English. (əˈkwɪzɪtɪv ) adjective. inclined or eager to acquire things, esp material possessions.
ACQUISITIVE definition: 1. eager to own and collect things: 2. used to describe a company that buys other companies: 3…. Learn more.
Definition of acquisitiveness noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
adjective. eager to acquire and possess things especially material possessions or ideas. “an acquisitive mind”. “an acquisitive society in which the craving for material things seems never satisfied”. synonyms: accumulative. marked by acquiring or amassing. avaricious, covetous, grabby, grasping, greedy, prehensile.
Definition of 'acquisitive' acquisitive. (əkwɪzɪtɪv ) adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] If you describe a person or an organization as acquisitive, you do not approve of them because you think they are too concerned with getting new possessions. [disapproval] We live in an acquisitive society.
Noun. 1. 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.
Acquisitive definition: tending or seeking to acquire and own, often greedily; eager to get wealth, possessions, etc.. See examples of ACQUISITIVE used in a sentence.
