Associations to the word «Acquisitiveness»
Wiktionary
ACQUISITIVENESS, noun. The quality of being acquisitive; propensity to acquire property; desire of possession.
ACQUISITIVENESS, noun. (phrenology) The faculty to which the phrenologists attribute the desire of acquiring and possessing.
Dictionary definition
ACQUISITIVENESS, noun. Strong desire to acquire and possess.
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.