hunger for knowledge
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3.8
- noun
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ansia de conocimiento
- From changing your diet during pregnancy to the playfulness, fantasy, and questioning authority (the only valid authority is LOVE), they want to cooperate, they want to play. All children are born with a hunger for knowledge like a scientist and skills of an artist, but then the parents or the school spoil and stifle them...
Examples
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Satisfy your insatiable hunger for knowledge with live interactive demonstrations (40 of the 50 exhibits are interactive) of remarkable science experiments where the world of science surrounds you.
Academic text (2003) -
And so my, my hunger for knowledge and data and interpreting that right now has never been stronger.
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This student has a hunger for knowledge that drives him or her to learn rather than having a need to achieve, a need to compete, or a desire to please the teacher.
Academic text (1991) -
There is apparently a real hunger for knowledge about life after death, the true nature of consciousness, the fabric of reality, redemption, Heaven and Hell, and other related topics.
Blog text (24) -
Flavia de Luce is immediately likable; her hunger for knowledge, especially when it comes to chemistry, is charmingly refreshing, and the de Luce family would merit an entire series about themselves, even without the murder mysteries.
Blog text (26) -
The children's hunger for knowledge drove them to ask many questions during the science fair.
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Her hunger for knowledge led her to read every book in the library on ancient civilizations.
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He has a relentless hunger for knowledge, often spending hours researching new scientific discoveries.
Synonyms
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1.0
A feeling of wanting to know more about something
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2.2
A strong wish to learn or know things
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2.1
A desire to eat or to have new experiences
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3.7
A very strong desire for things like food or cigarettes
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3.5
A strong wish to learn new things about the world
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3.5
A strong wish to learn and understand new things
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5.1
A strong desire to learn new things
A strong want to know or learn about things
A strong wish to learn new things
A strong wish to have or achieve something
A strong desire for things like knowledge or success
Antonyms
How Eager
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a strong desire to learn' is directly derivable from 'hunger' (craving) + 'for' (indicating target) + 'knowledge' (information). Although 'hunger' is used metaphorically, this is a conventional, cross-linguistically common metaphor, so a B1 learner who knows the constituent words will readily infer the intended sense.
Etymology
Hunger for knowledge gives a simple picture: hunger is a deep want for food, and here that want is for knowledge, so a person keeps wanting to learn like a hungry person keeps wanting food. So it means 'a strong desire to learn'.