possessionless

English

Etymology

From possession +‎ -less.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /pəˈzɛʃ.ən.ləs/

Adjective

possessionless (comparative more possessionless, superlative most possessionless)

  1. Without possessions.
    • 1915, Katherine Susan Anthony, Feminism in Germany and Scandinavia‎[1], page 148:
      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.
    • 1981, Jamnalal Jain, transl., Dharma Ke Dasha Lakshana: Ten Characteristics of Religion‎[2], translation of original by Hukamacanda Bhārilla, page 23:
      Similarly, the naked, possessionless saints who observe complete vows of the […]
    • 2001, Stephen Brown, Imagining Marketing: Art, Aesthetics and the Avant-Garde‎[3], →ISBN, page 4:
      A multi-millionaire rock star sings about a possessionless world […]

Derived terms

References

  • Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.
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