Acquisitive and Philistine

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Acquisitive adjective - Having or marked by an eager and often selfish desire especially for material possessions.

Usage example: acquisitive developers are trying to tear down the historic home and build a shopping mall

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Philistine and acquisitive are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Philistine" instead an adjective "Acquisitive".

Philistine adjective - Smug and ignorant and indifferent or hostile to artistic and cultural values.

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Acquisitive and philistine are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Acquisitive" instead an adjective "Philistine".

Nearby Word: philistinism

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