possessiveness
Example Sentences
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"If you don't like it, just don't go for it or follow it. Why the possessiveness over other people's wallets?" someone wrote on Weibo.
From BBC ● Jul. 3, 2026
When an aspect of your culture becomes ubiquitous in the mainstream, no matter who you are, I think it’s natural to feel a little possessiveness.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 31, 2024
“I don’t know if it’s the topic, but there hasn’t been a possessiveness about subject matter that I’ve found in other subjects, and I do think that’s pretty incredible.”
From Washington Post ● Jan. 5, 2023
It's not narcissism or ego, it's toxic possessiveness and idealism.
From Salon ● Feb. 15, 2022
She had some of her Aunt Evy’s talent for mimicking, some of Ruthie Nolan’s possessiveness.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
