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possessive

Definition

adjective: not willing to share things with or lend things to other people
adjective: of, relating to, or constituting a word, a word group, or a grammatical case that denotes ownership or a relation analogous to ownership
often + 'about'
synonyms: dominant, acquisitive

Examples

If you marry him, he is only going to become even more jealous and 'possessive' than he is now.
He is quite 'possessive of' his DVD collection.
a mother who was very 'possessive of' her son

Movie quotes

(..) I'm sorry, but... I don't want to share you. That's sweet. And strangely possessive. I want you to promise me something too. I want you to promise that if the corporate warmongers decide we have to invade Iran (..)
2005 TvShow: Six Feet Under Title: Everyone's Waiting Season: 5 Episode 12