Another word for possessive | Synonyms for possessive

Another word for possessive

adjective

Fearful of the loss of position or affection:

clutching, jealous. See owned

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He wondered if she felt as possessive of her art as he did his music.
The possessive pronoun follows the object.
Thus, in Fijian the word luve means either a son or a daughter - one s own child, and it takes the possessive pronoun suffixed, as luvena; but the word ngone, a child, but not necessarily one's own child, takes the possessive pronoun before it, as nona ngone, his child, i.e.
"Josh was always so possessive about her," Mrs. Reynolds continued, shaking her head.
He grew more controlling as the days progressed, more possessive and erratic.

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