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10 Language-to-English Dictionariespossessif
Pronunciation / Transliteration: pɔ.ze.sif
"Il est très possessif avec sa petite amie."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
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Demanding someone's total attention and love; intolerant of their attempts to be independent or form other relationships.
"His overly possessive behavior ultimately drove her away."
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A word or grammatical form expressing ownership, such as a pronoun or determiner like 'mine', 'yours', or 'possessive case'.
"In the phrase 'Sarah's book', the first word is in the possessive form."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Late Latin possessivus, from Latin possessus, the past participle of possidere (to occupy, hold, possess). Entering Middle English via Old French in the 15th century, the term initially related to property and ownership before expanding into psychological and grammatical domains.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Possessive" is said worldwide
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possessif
Transliteration: pɔ.ze.sif
"Il est très possessif avec sa petite amie."
besitzergreifend
Transliteration: bəˈzɪt͡sɐˌɡʁaɪ̯fn̩t
"Ihr besitzergreifendes Verhalten machte ihn nervös."
possessivo
Transliteration: pos.sesˈsi.vo
"Non essere così possessivo nei miei confronti."
posesivo
Transliteration: po.seˈsi.βo
"Su actitud posesiva arruinó la relación."
possessivo
Transliteration: pu.suˈi.vɛw
"Ele tem um comportamento muito possessivo."
स्वामित्वाभिमानी
Transliteration: swamitvabhimani
"वह अपने दोस्तों के प्रति बहुत पजेसिव है।"
占有欲强的
Transliteration: zhàn yǒu yù qiáng de
"他是一个占有欲很强的人。"
소유욕이 강한
Transliteration: soyuyogi ganghan
"그는 여자친구에게 너무 소유욕이 강하다."
独占欲の強い
Transliteration: dokusenyoku no tsuyoi
"彼女は彼に対して少し独占欲が強すぎます。"
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