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Definition of Acquisitiveness

Acquisitiveness
Acquisitiveness 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.

Meaning of Acquisitiveness from wikipedia

- "The Acquisitive Chuckle" is a mystery short story by American writer Isaac Asimov in 1971, first published in the January 1972 issue of Ellery Queen's...
- James I (late July 1394 – 21 February 1437) was King of Scots from 1406 until his ********ination in 1437. The youngest of three sons, he was born in Dunfermline...
- 1904 depiction of an acquisitive and mani****tive Standard Oil (at the time driven by autocratic robber baron founder John D. Rockefeller) as an all-powerful...
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- Soviet Union. These reforms were promoted to encourage materialism and acquisitiveness in order to stimulate economic growth. This pro-consumerist policy...
- favour of the return to the normal French civil rule of prescription acquisitive of any unclaimed good after another long period of time and consequently...
- their own sinful characteristics among humans, including pride, envy, acquisitiveness, anger, lust, and gluttony. Some scholars explained their influences...