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possessionlessness

UK/pəˈzɛʃn̩.ləs.nəs/

possessionlessness noun: the state or condition of having no possessions.

Noun

possessionlessness (uncountable)

  1. The state or condition of having no possessions.
    • Their rebellion . . . translated their dispossession into the free possessionlessness of childhood.1992, Francesca Polletta, “Politicizing Childhood: The 1980 Zurich Burns Movement”, in Social Text, number 33, page 95
    • Olivi in his commentary on the Apocalypse sanctified Francisan poverty, in the extreme form of absolute penury as well as possessionlessness attributed by the Franciscan Spirituals to St. Francis.1996, Gordon Leff, “Review of Olivi's Peaceable Kingdom. A Reading of the Apocalypse Commentary by David Burr”, in The English Historical Review, volume 111, number 442, page 682

Origin of possessionlessness

From possessionless + -ness.

Questions about possessionlessness

What does possessionlessness mean?
Possessionlessness means the state or condition of having no possessions.
What part of speech is possessionlessness?
Possessionlessness is a noun.
How do you pronounce possessionlessness?
Possessionlessness is pronounced /pəˈzɛʃn̩.ləs.nəs/ (UK).

Words near possessionlessness in the dictionary

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

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