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单词 possessionless
释义

possessionlessadj.

Brit. /pəˈzɛʃnləs/, U.S. /pəˈzɛʃənləs/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: possession n., -less suffix.
Etymology: < possession n. + -less suffix.
Without possessions, lacking possessions.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > non-possession > [adjective] > having no possessions
goodlessc1225
catelles1362
unpropertied1767
propertyless1822
possessionless1873
1873 J. P. Lacroix tr. A. Wuttke Christian Ethics I. 54 The pious man should live in beggar-garb, devoid of adornment, utterly possessionless, entirely isolated, indifferent to joy and grief, and dead to all emotions.
1898 A. P. Atterbury tr. W. Sombart Socialism & Social Movement in 19th Cent. i. 9 Troops of possessionless workers..herded in great undertakings.
1916 Amer. Jrnl. Sociol. 22 24 Such provisions have made of women a comparatively possessionless class, and have thus deprived them of the fundamentals of power.
1944 I. Origo Diary 24 June in War in Val d'Orcia (1947) 224 It is a very odd feeling to be entirely possessionless.
1997 Wanderlust June 21/2 Maybe it was in that same temple that I assumed the possessionless monk would find his home.

Derivatives

poˈssessionlessness n.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > non-possession > [noun] > non-possession of property
possessionlessness1905
propertylessness1909
1905 Nation (N.Y.) 27 Apr. 334/3 Those who shared and defended his superb possessionlessness.
1989 S. Bedford Jigsaw iii. 67 By the time I was thirteen I had attained to a state of possessionlessness appropriate to a monk.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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