acquisitiveness

acquisitiveness englannista suomeksi

1. omistushalu

0. Substantiivi

acquisitiveness englanniksi

1. The quality of being acquisitive; propensity to acquire property; desire of possession.

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3. (RQ:Mitchell Gone with the Wind)

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5. 1952, (w) (as Claire Morgan), ''(w)'', New York: Norton, 2004, Chapter Eleven, p. 113,https://archive.org/details/priceofsalt00high

I think he picked me out like a rug for his living room, and he made a bad mistake. I doubt if he’s capable of loving anyone, really. What he has is a kind of acquisitiveness, which isn’t much separate from his ambition.

6. The faculty to which the phrenologists attribute the desire of acquiring and possessing.

7. (RQ:Charlotte Bronte Shirley)