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possessionism

noun

Etymology

From possession + -ism.

  1. derived from possessio
  2. suffixed as possessionism — “possession + ism”

Definitions

  1. The tendency to expand one's ownership of property without regard for its ethical…

    The tendency to expand one's ownership of property without regard for its ethical implications.

    • The Pastorals are defending Pauline incarnational christology against Jewish Christian myths justifying possessionism
    • Possessionism in wreck diving regard can be characterized generally as the compulsive collection of artifacts
    • They're always viewed in relation to American suburbanism, possessionism, commodityism, or copism.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA