territoriality

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English territorial

Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-ts

Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts

Latin -itāsder.

Old French -itebor.

Middle English -ite

English -ity

English territoriality

From territorial + -ity.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /tɛɹɪtɔːɹɪˈalɪti/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

territoriality (countable and uncountable, plural territorialities)

2. The fact or legal status of being a territory.
4. (zoology) The pattern of behaviour in animals that defines and defends a territory.
6. A pattern of human behaviour characterised by defence of a particular territory or area of interest.
   • 1999, Matt Ridley, Genome, Harper Perennial, published 2004, page 99:

     These criticisms had a whiff of territoriality about them.

Translations

fact or legal status of being a territory

• Greek: εδαφικότητα (el) f (edafikótita)
• Polish: terytorialność (pl) f
• Tagalog: kalupainin

pattern of behaviour in animals that defines and defends a territory

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 領域性 / 领域性

• Greek: εδαφικότητα (el) f (edafikótita)
• Polish: terytorialność (pl) f

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

• Greek: εδαφικότητα (el) f (edafikótita)
• Polish: terytorialność (pl) f

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Translations to be checked

• Romanian: teritorialitate (ro) f

See also

Territoriality (nonverbal communication) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia