nonpossession

C2+ Topic:Law & Government

US /ˌnɑnpəˈzɛʃən/ UK /ˌnɒnpəˈzɛʃən/ See IPA manual

noun

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noun
the state of not possessing something

Monastic vows demanded the nonpossession of personal wealth.

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Synonyms

1 noun · the state of not possessing... lack privation deprivation want dispossession

Opposites

possession ownership

Word family

Related forms possession possess

Etymology

From non- ('not') + possession, from Latin possessio, from possidere ('to possess, occupy'), from potis ('able') + sedere ('to sit').

non Latin possidere Latin

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# nonpossession

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** ˌnɑnpəˈzɛʃən
**IPA (UK):** ˌnɒnpəˈzɛʃən

## Meanings
1. the state of not possessing something

## Examples
- Monastic vows demanded the nonpossession of personal wealth.

## Synonyms
- lack
- privation
- deprivation
- want
- dispossession

## Antonyms
- possession
- ownership

## Related Forms
- possession
- possess

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: non
- Root: possidere

## Etymology
From non- ('not') + possession, from Latin possessio, from possidere ('to possess, occupy'), from potis ('able') + sedere ('to sit').

## AI Etymology
Nonpossession is from non- ('not') + possession, from Latin possessio, from possidere ('to possess, occupy'), from potis ('able') + sedere ('to sit'). Important recorded forms include non (Latin) and possidere (Latin). Morphologically, the non- element marks negation or exclusion while the base supplies the domain being denied. The modern sense is largely compositional: the word names the absence, exclusion, or opposite of the base idea. In current use it covers the state of not possessing something. The wider family includes related words such as possession and possess.

## Topics
- Law & Government
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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