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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