acquisitive
acquisitive
(əkwɪzɪtɪv )adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun]
If you describe a person or an organization as acquisitive, you do not approve of them because you think they are too concerned with getting new possessions.
[disapproval]We live in an acquisitive society.
The most acquisitive firms tend to be engineering groups.
acquisitiveness uncountable noun
His villa is filled with evidence of his acquisitiveness.
