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Acquisitive vs Pleonexia - What's the difference?

acquisitive | pleonexia |

As an adjective acquisitive

is (obsolete) acquired.

As a noun pleonexia is

excessive or insatiable greed, avarice, covetousness, the desire to have more, a greedy desire for certain goods.

acquisitive

English

(Webster 1913)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (obsolete) Acquired.
  • Able or disposed to make acquisitions; acquiring.
    • He is an acquisitive person.
    She has an acquisitive nature.
  • Dispositioned toward acquiring and retaining information.

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    pleonexia

    English

    (wikipedia pleonexia)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Excessive or insatiable greed, avarice, covetousness, the desire to have more, a greedy desire for certain goods
  • a psychiatric disorder characterized by greediness, an excessive desire for acquisition of wealth or objects