nonpossession C2+ Topic:Law & Government US /ˌnɑnpəˈzɛʃən/ UK /ˌnɒnpəˈzɛʃən/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 noun the state of not possessing something Monastic vows demanded the nonpossession of personal wealth. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · the state of not possessing... lackprivationdeprivationwantdispossession ↔ Opposites possessionownership Word family Related forms possessionpossess Etymology AI details From non- ('not') + possession, from Latin possessio, from possidere ('to possess, occupy'), from potis ('able') + sedere ('to sit'). non Latin possidere Latin View etymology graph -> Topics Law & Government Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # 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 markdown