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territoriality

noun — 3 senses

territoriality

noun

UK /tɛɹɪtɔːɹɪˈalɪti/

Etymology From territorial + -ity.

1

The fact or legal status of being a territory.

2

Biology, Natural sciences, Zoology The pattern of behaviour in animals that defines and defends a territory.

3

A pattern of human behaviour characterised by defence of a particular territory or area of interest.

  • These criticisms had a whiff of territoriality about them.1999, Matt Ridley, Genome, Harper Perennial, published 2004, page 99:

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