| LC control no. | sh 99002453 |
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| LC classification | BF698.35.A36 |
| Topical heading | Acquisitiveness |
| Variant(s) | Acquisitive desire Grasping (Psychology) |
| See also | Personality Avarice Compulsive shopping |
| Scope note | Here are entered works on a behavioral trait characterized by a strong tendency to acquire or hoard possessions. Works on a tendency to maintain ownership over something and to be unwilling to share what one has with others are entered under Possessiveness. |
| Subject example tracing | Note under Possessiveness |
| Found in | Work cat.: 99-6264: Kottler, J.A. Exploring and treating acquisitive desire : living in the material world, 1999 (acquisitiveness, acquisitive desire) Hennepin (acquisitiveness) English, H.E. A comprehensive dict. of psych. and psychoanalytical terms (acquisitiveness, acquisitive) Random House (acquisitive, acquisitiveness: syn., grasping, coveteous, avariceous) Web. 3 (acquisitive, acquisitiveness: strongly desirious of acquiring and possessing; propensity to acquire) |
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