possessiveness

Noun

Meaning

excessive desire to possess or dominate

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Care and responsibility are constituent elements of love, but without respect for and knowledge of the beloved person, love deteriorates into domination and possessiveness. Erich Fromm

There's a certain possessiveness of writers sometimes. William Devane

Blessed the man whose faith is different from possessiveness - of a kind not framed by 'things which do appear. Marianne Moore

I hate jealousy, I hate possessiveness. I'm nobody's possession. Olga Kurylenko

Back then I didn't think a woman like that, or a relationship like that, could exist with complete freedom and no jealousy or possessiveness. I thought it sounded too good to be true and I was certainly convinced it wasn't the life for me! Sylvia Kristel

Adams 2002 p. 140; Wilson 1981 p. 305 Another side of such privileges was Elizabeth's possessiveness and jealousy. Source: Internet

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