Meaning | Strong desire to acquire and possess. |
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Attributes | acquisitive | eager to acquire and possess things especially material possessions or ideas |
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unacquisitive | not acquisitive |
Narrower | bibliomania | preoccupation / preoccupation with the acquisition and possession of books |
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retentiveness, retentivity | The property of retaining possessions that have been acquired |
Broader | greed | excessive desire to acquire or possess more (especially more material wealth) than one needs or deserves |
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Spanish | concupiscencia |
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Catalan | cobdícia, cobejança, concupiscència |
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Adjectives | acquisitive | eager to acquire and possess things especially material possessions or ideas |
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