Possessionlessness
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /pəˈzɛʃn̩.ləs.nəs/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Possessionlessness is a noun meaning The state or condition of having no possessions.
Meaning
The state or condition of having no possessions.
Example Sentences
Their rebellion . . . translated their dispossession into the free possessionlessness of childhood.
More appropriate here is a definition of poverty as "possessionlessness," an understanding conveyed by the Pāli term akiñcana ("without anything," "lacking possessions").
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.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include nonpossession, assetlessness, nonownership, inoccupancy, withoutness, statelessness.
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