(formal, disapproving) wanting very much to buy or get new possessions:
the post-war acquisitive society * It is an acquisitive company looking for ways to expand.
acquisitiveness noun [U]:
We rejected the acquisitiveness of our parents' generation.
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In this entry, acquisitive is tagged as adjective.
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