possessive.

1. Wanting to retain exclusive control over someone or something.

2. Indicating ownership or another relation through a grammatical form.

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Words that belong together

• possessive partner
• possessive attitude

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His possessive attitude turned ordinary friendships into disputes.

Usage notes

Primary category: psychology / human behavior. Forms: Comparative more possessive; superlative most possessive when comparison is meaningful. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: character, behavior. Commonness: moderately common.