acquisitiveness

Noun

 * 1) The quality of being acquisitive; propensity to acquire property; desire of possession.
 * 2) * 1952, (as Claire Morgan), , New York: Norton, 2004, Chapter Eleven, p. 113,
 * 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.
 * 1)  The faculty to which the phrenologists attribute the desire of acquiring and possessing.
 * 1) * 1952, (as Claire Morgan), , New York: Norton, 2004, Chapter Eleven, p. 113,
 * 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.
 * 1)  The faculty to which the phrenologists attribute the desire of acquiring and possessing.

Translations

 * German: Erwerbsinn
 * Portuguese: aquisitividade
 * Swedish: