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possessionless

UK/pəˈzɛʃ.ən.ləs/

possessionless adjective: without possessions.

Adjective

possessionless (comparative more possessionless, superlative most possessionless)

  1. Without possessions.
    • This is, of course, only one of the many instances in which the interests of the possessionless sex and the possessionless class tend to coincide.1915, Katherine Susan Anthony, Feminism in Germany and Scandinavia, page 148
    • Similarly, the naked, possessionless saints who observe complete vows of the […]1981, Jamnalal Jain, transl., Dharma Ke Dasha Lakshana: Ten Characteristics of Religion, translation of original by Hukamacanda Bhārilla, page 23

Forms of possessionless

comparativemore possessionless
superlativemost possessionless

Origin of possessionless

From possession + -less.

Words formed from possessionless

Questions about possessionless

What does possessionless mean?
Possessionless means without possessions.
What part of speech is possessionless?
Possessionless is an adjective.
How do you pronounce possessionless?
Possessionless is pronounced /pəˈzɛʃ.ən.ləs/ (UK).

Words near possessionless in the dictionary

  1. possessioning
  2. possessionism
  3. possessionist
  4. possessionistic
  5. possessionists
  6. possessionless
  7. possessionlessness
  8. possessions
  9. possessival
  10. possessive
  11. possessive adjective

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