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territoriality

noun
/tɛɹɪtɔːɹɪˈalɪti/UK

Etymology

From territorial + -ity.

  1. derived from territorium
  2. borrowed from territorialis
  3. suffixed as territoriality — “territorial + ity”

Definitions

  1. The fact or legal status of being a territory.

  2. The pattern of behaviour in animals that defines and defends a territory.

  3. A pattern of human behaviour characterised by defence of a particular territory or area…

    A pattern of human behaviour characterised by defence of a particular territory or area of interest.

    • These criticisms had a whiff of territoriality about them.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for territoriality. 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