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acquired drive

noun

psychol a drive, like the desire for money, that has not been inherited but is learned, presumably because it leads to the satisfaction of innate drives

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Words nearby acquired drive

acquired, acquired antibody, acquired behaviour, acquired character, acquired characteristic, acquired drive, acquired epileptic aphasia, acquired Fanconi's syndrome, acquired hyperlipoproteinemia, acquired immune deficiency syndrome, acquired immunity
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Medical definitions for acquired drive

acquired drive

n.

secondary drive
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