Thesaurus / possessiveness

possessiveness

synonyms for possessiveness

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A moment later his other hand was taken, with grim possessiveness, by the child.

THE SYNDICC.M. KORNBLUTH

In the few mad hours of their association they had come to belong to each other with a possessiveness that was beyond words.

The elaborate care with which he tucked the robe about her Ladyship had a distinct air of alert possessiveness.

I had all the while been conscious of something abnormal in his attitude—a lack of ease in his gross possessiveness.

SEVEN MENMAX BEERBOHM

Its chief characteristic is its possessiveness: the words "gain" and "profit" suggest this.

Of course, she was not for him—not with that possessiveness.

THE SEARCHGRACE LIVINGSTON HILL

He was overwhelmed by the possessiveness of the awful thing.

AT THE CROSSROADSHARRIET T. COMSTOCK

Anger, defiance, pride and possessiveness supply the motives of their songs.

Winnie's eyes, with soft, hostile possessiveness, fastened themselves on her little girl's face.

For effrontery of possessiveness is there anything that can exceed the nest-making, planet-populating, female, human woman?

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OCTOBER 26, 1985