| NOUN | attribute | acquisitiveness | strong desire to acquire and possess |
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| Meaning | Strong desire to acquire and possess. | |
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| Attributes | acquisitive | eager to acquire and possess things especially material possessions or ideas |
| unacquisitive | not acquisitive | |
| Narrower | bibliomania | preoccupation / preoccupation with the acquisition and possession of books |
| 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 |
| Spanish | concupiscencia | |
| Catalan | cobdícia, cobejança, concupiscència | |
| Adjectives | acquisitive | eager to acquire and possess things especially material possessions or ideas |
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