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possessionlessness

noun
/pəˈzɛʃn̩.ləs.nəs/UK

Etymology

From possessionless + -ness.

  1. derived from possessio
  2. suffixed as possessionless — “possession + less”
  3. suffixed as possessionlessness — “possessionless + ness”

Definitions

  1. The state or condition of having no possessions.

    • Their rebellion . . . translated their dispossession into the free possessionlessness of childhood.
    • Olivi in his commentary on the Apocalypse sanctified Francisan poverty, in the extreme form of absolute penury as well as possessionlessness attributed by the Franciscan Spirituals to St. Francis.
    • More appropriate here is a definition of poverty as "possessionlessness," an understanding conveyed by the Pāli term akiñcana ("without anything," "lacking possessions").

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for possessionlessness. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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