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adjective
tending or seeking to acquire and own, often greedily; eager to get wealth, possessions, etc.: our acquisitive impulses; acquisitive societies.
Related forms
ac·quis·i·tive·ly, adverb
ac·quis·i·tive·ness, noun
non·ac·quis·i·tive, adjective
non·ac·quis·i·tive·ly, adverb
non·ac·quis·i·tive·ness, noun
EXPANDpre·ac·quis·i·tive, adjective
pre·ac·quis·i·tive·ly, adverb
pre·ac·quis·i·tive·ness, noun
un·ac·quis·i·tive, adjective
un·ac·quis·i·tive·ly, adverb
un·ac·quis·i·tive·ness, noun
COLLAPSESynonyms
covetous, grasping, avaricious.
covetous, grasping, avaricious.
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Acquisitive
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Example Sentences
- Finally, in his acquisitive hunger, he accepts an offer of as much fertile territory as he can encircle in a day on foot.
- Removing benefits is not obviously the best way to prevent acquisitive crime.
- Yes, paranoia is too simplistic a termMore a sort of insatiable acquisitive obsessive-compulsive collective disorder.
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Word Origin & History
acquisitive
1630s, "owned through acquisition," from L. acquisitivus, pp. of acquirere (see acquisition). Meaning "given to acquisition, avaricious" is from 1826 (in acquisitiveness).
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