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v. to own, have title to, occupy, physically hold or have under exclusive control. In wills there is often the phrase "of which I die possessed," in describing the estate. (See: possession)

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Females were significantly higher on possessiveness.
An example of an ethos that is critical of the kind of religious possessiveness that leads to intransience can be found in the abovementioned midrash.
Her anachronistic gender splitting, whereby a lack of possessiveness, a kind of surrendering, is seen as feminine, whereas territoriality is conceived of as masculine, is redeemed when she extends this conception of proprietorship to the body as well.
Prof Gruben said: "Neil Cramp-ton's relationship with Ms Sobo was characterised by his extreme jealousy and possessiveness.
Prof Gruben said: "Neil Crampton's relationship with Ms Sobo was characterised by his extreme jealousy and possessiveness.
To do this, the NZCPN needed to Lose the patch protection mentality (not easily done) and possessiveness of past work completed by the division/cortege.
Marisa begins to take school seriously and Rene starts to question his mother's destructive possessiveness. Although glimpses of Rene's home life and Marisa's school situation hint at the potential dangers of their worlds, Gary Soto's humor keeps the characters quirky and the romance light, making this a perfect summer read.
Thus it is hardly a discovery that Alison Smithson w;is;i lYnmuii'al 'dilnr with her own agenda in Team X though more perhaps could be made over the Polish Catholic church's possessiveness about Auschwitz and its battle with international Jewry.
While much of the discussion centered around male violence against women, the broader topics included same-gender couple violence and possessiveness, jealousy, alienation of friends and warning signs of violent relationships.
For example, she says that possessiveness can 'ruin a relationship' (p.154).
In his 1979 study The American Nightmare: Essays on the Horror Film, the esteemed cineaste Robin Wood declared that the zombie's cannibalism "represents the ultimate in possessiveness, hence the logical end of human relations under capitalism." J.
Regardless of this possessiveness, you can still detail clean the rifle by removing the wood, field stripping it, and forcing mineral spirits repeatedly into its components with a rubber squeeze bulb.
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