Possessions Quotes

Possessions refers to control or occupancy of something for which one does not necessarily have private property rights. It commonly describes something that is owned, ownership; taking, holding, keeping something as one's own, and a territory under the rule of another country, which gives the term a broader and more practical sense than a single short definition would suggest. Depending on context, it can also point to the condition or affliction of being possessed by a demon or other supernatural entity, the condition of being under the control of strong emotion or madness, and control of the ball; the opportunity to be on the offensive, so the category can cover literal uses, related ideas, and more figurative extensions of the same core meaning. Taken together, these meanings present Possessions as a flexible theme rather than a narrowly technical label, covering the central idea people usually mean when they use the word while still leaving room for closely related senses that appear in real language. Additional shades of meaning include a disposal of the ball during a game, i.e. a kick or a handball and a syntactic relationship between two nouns or nominals that may be used to indicate ownership, which reinforce how the category can stretch across adjacent but still recognizable uses of the same term.

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John Ruskin

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Erica Eisdorfer

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