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Possessive describes being unwilling to share and wanting everything for yourself or demanding all of a person's time, love and attention. (adjective)

An example of possessive is a child who grabs all the toys and won't share them.
An example of possessive is a jealous spouse who doesn't ever want you to go out or do anything without him.

See possessive in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

of possession, or ownership
1. showing, or characterized by a desire for, possession: a possessive child
2. having or showing a desire to dominate, control, influence, etc.: a possessive mother
Gram. designating or of a case, form, or construction expressing possession or some like relationship: in English, this is expressed a) by the addition of a final s (for nouns and some pronouns) preceded or followed by an apostrophe, or sometimes by the addition of an apostrophe only after a final (s) sound (Ex.: John's book, women's lives, boys' games, conscience' sake) b) by a change of form in pronouns (Ex.: I, my, mine; you, your, yours; it, its; who, whose) c) by of preceding a form without the possessive ending (Ex.: lives of men) or preceding a form in the possessive case (Ex.: a play of Shakespeare's, a friend of mine — called a )

noun

the possessive case
a word or phrase in this case

Related Forms:

possessively adverb
possessiveness noun

See possessive in American Heritage Dictionary 4

(pə-zĕsˈĭv)

adjective

Of or relating to ownership or possession.
Having or manifesting a desire to control or dominate another, especially in order to limit that person's relationships with others: a possessive parent.
Grammar Of, relating to, or being a noun or pronoun case that indicates possession.

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