Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

possessionism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pos-ses-sion-ism
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"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."
"[…] racial theories and the unprecedented increase in colonial expansionism and territorial possessionism, as exemplified by Britain's “imperial century,” […]"

Etymology

From possession + -ism.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: possession

Usage

Uncountable

Frequently Paired Words

possessionist

Questions

What does possessionism mean?: The tendency to expand one's ownership of property without regard for its ethical implications.
Where does possessionism come from?: From possession + -ism.

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