acquisitiveness
Erwerbsinn
The quality of being acquisitiveThe quality of being acquisitive; propensity to acquire property; desire of possession.
Meaning
2 senses(uncountable, usually)The quality of being acquisitive; propensity to acquire property; desire of possession.
Erwerbsinn
strong desire to acquire and possess
(uncountable, usually)The faculty to which the phrenologists attribute the desire of acquiring and possessing.
Translations
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By meaning 1
propensity to acquire property:
Forms
plural: acquisitivenesses| Singular | acquisitiveness |
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uncountable
Word family
2 related wordsRelatedacquisitive
Derivednonacquisitiveness
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable