territoriality

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territoriality

  • /tɛɹɪtɔːɹɪˈalɪti/ UK

noun territorialities

  1. countable, uncountable The fact or legal status of being a territory.
  2. countable, uncountable The pattern of behaviour in animals that defines and defends a territory.
  3. countable, uncountable 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.

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noun fact or legal status of being a territory

Ελληνικάεδαφικότητα edafikótita

noun pattern of behaviour in animals that defines and defends a territory

中文領域性 /领域性
Ελληνικάεδαφικότητα edafikótita

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

Ελληνικάεδαφικότητα edafikótita

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@misc{territoriality_2026,
  title = {territoriality},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/territoriality},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}