territoriality
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English
Etymology
From territorial + -ity.
Pronunciation
Noun
territoriality (countable and uncountable, plural territorialities)
- The fact or legal status of being a territory.
- (zoology) The pattern of behaviour in animals that defines and defends a territory.
- A pattern of human behaviour characterised by defence of a particular territory or area of interest.
- 1999, Matt Ridley, Genome, Harper Perennial, published 2004, page 99:
- These criticisms had a whiff of territoriality about them.
Translations
fact or legal status of being a territory
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pattern of behaviour in animals that defines and defends a territory
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pattern of human behaviour characterised by defence of a particular territory or area of interest
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See also
Territoriality (nonverbal communication) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia