Acquisitiveness - English meaning

noun

Extreme greed for wealth or material gain.

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He was rich beyond the dreams of avarice

noun

Reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth

noun

An extremely strong desire to obtain or keep wealth

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Avaricious land speculators

noun

Keen interest or enthusiasm.

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He read detective stories with avidity

noun

The quality of being extremely eager or interested

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He studied indian history with avidity., it seems i'm an ideal target for advertisers, and i am per…

noun

A strong wish to have something, especially something that belongs to someone else

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Covetousness is condemned as a great sin., it is the type of sports car that excites lustful coveto…

noun

Greed for money or possessions.

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New wealth, however tainted by cupidity and egoism, tends to be favourable for the arts

noun

A strong feeling of wanting to have something, especially money or possessions

verb

Grasp or seize suddenly and roughly.

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She grabbed him by the shirt collar

noun

A quick sudden clutch or attempt to seize.

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He made a grab at the pistol

noun

A mechanical device for clutching, lifting, and moving things, especially materials in bulk.

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The lessons had still not been learned by november the following year, when the mechanical grab rip…

adjective

Avaricious; greedy.

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They were regarded as grasping landlords

verb

Seize and hold firmly.

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She grasped the bottle

adjective

Always eager to get more of something, esp. money

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He’s a grasping, insensitive executive.

noun

Intense and selfish desire for something, especially wealth, power, or food.

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Mercenaries who had allowed greed to overtake their principles

noun

Insatiable desire for wealth

noun

A strong desire to continually get more of something, esp. money

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He was motivated by pure greed., he was greedy for power.

noun

The quality of wanting a lot more food, money, etc. than you need

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My family can't understand why i might need to eat more, and tell me it's greediness., the smuggler…

noun

A tendency to consider material possessions and physical comfort as more important than spiritual values.

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They hated the sinful materialism of the wicked city

noun

The belief that money, possessions, and comfort are the most important things to obtain in life

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I was a materialistic person, very career-oriented, with a large ego.

noun

The quality of having or showing a strong wish to take things for yourself, usually using unfair methods or force

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The rapaciousness of the regime has not changed., he was conscious of the rapaciousness of his own …

noun

Aggressive greed.

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The rapacity of landowners seeking greater profit from their property

noun

The quality of having or showing a strong wish to take things for yourself, usually using unfair methods or force

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The rapacity of big corporations, our rapacity is destroying species at a rate not seen in 65 milli…

noun

The state of being very eager to have a lot of something

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They ate with the voraciousness of hungry children., her high intellect and her voraciousness for l…

noun

The fact that an animal or a person wants to eat a large amount of food

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The requirement for prey depended on the voracity of the beetles., the young insects feed with asto…