ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Possessionism

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Possessionism is a noun meaning The tendency to expand one's ownership of property without regard for its ethical implications.

Meaning

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

Example Sentences

They're always viewed in relation to American suburbanism, possessionism, commodityism, or copism.
Possessionism in wreck diving regard can be characterized generally as the compulsive collection of artifacts
The Pastorals are defending Pauline incarnational christology against Jewish Christian myths justifying possessionism
[…] racial theories and the unprecedented increase in colonial expansionism and territorial possessionism, as exemplified by Britain's “imperial century,” […]

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include possessionalism, proprietarianism, consumerism, communalism, aspheterism, proprietarian.

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