Gloria Steinem

The thing about aging is all your old lovers, pretty much if they were really friends, become your family. It's great. You have those terrible feelings of possessiveness and uncertainty go out the window. You have what you shared. You know you would help each other in times of trouble no matter what.

American Activist

Jiddu Krishnamurti

Life cannot be without relationship, but we have made it so agonizing and hideous by basing it on personal and possessive love. Can one love and yet not possess? You will find the true answer not in escape, ideals, beliefs but through the understanding of the causes of dependence and possessiveness.

Indian Philosopher

Amy Heckerling

I still find it interesting that there could be a point between a young guy and a girl when they decide to hold hands as they walk down the block. At some point, they decide to make the leap from pushing and insulting each other to doing something tender and possessive and showing the world that.

American Director

Sylvia Kristel

Back then I didn't think a woman like that, or a relationship like that, could exist with complete freedom and no jealousy or possessiveness. I thought it sounded too good to be true and I was certainly convinced it wasn't the life for me!

Dutch Actress

Julie Burchill

I have experienced jealousy, possessiveness, verbal abuse and violence from men, but I have also experienced jealousy, possessiveness, verbal abuse and violence from women, usually when I failed to respond to their advances.

British Journalist

Jean-Paul Sartre

Generosity is nothing else than a craze to possess. All which I abandon, all which I give, I enjoy in a higher manner through the fact that I give it away. To give is to enjoy possessively the object which one gives.

French Philosopher

Jaya Bachchan

You must not get too possessive, especially in our profession, where you know things aren't going to be easy. You can either drive the artist crazy, or you can help him or her grow.

Indian Politician

Debbie Rowe

I am possessive and protective of my babies. Their happiness means more to me than anything else on this world. I love them more than I would ever have thought was possible.

American Celebrity

Salman Khan

I'm not possessive, I'm caring... Once you realize a person doesn't want that much care, you automatically back off.

Indian Actor

Samantha Morton

You get very possessive about characters, you feel you can see it in your mind and you want to play it.

English Actress

Expresses a strong, often negative, emotion towards the desire to control.

Emotional Charge

Can imply someone is being overly protective in a stifling way.

Overprotectiveness

Often seen as a negative trait in relationships or personalities.

Negative Connotation

Indicates who owns something in a sentence.

Ownership Expression

In possessive use, an apostrophe often precedes the 's'.

Apostrophe Usage

Can describe intangible things one 'owns,' like qualities or emotions.

Not Always Physical

A possessive noun shows who or what owns something.

Identify the Owner

Possessives can also indicate a variety of relationships, not just ownership.

Shows Relationships

Avoid adding words like 'of' when using possessives – 'John's car,' not 'car of John'.

No Extra Words

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 and lets common phrases squash into a single word. In rare cases, you can have a double contraction, though those generally aren't accepted in writing, with the exception of dialogue. So it's possessive, it's often followed by s's,

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Possessive

Showing the desire to own, control or dominate.

Often appears as...

Relating to or denoting the case of nouns and pronouns expressing possession.

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Usage tips

A possessive word or form.

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Usage tips

Emotional Charge

Overprotectiveness

Negative Connotation

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