Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The status of a territory.
- noun A behavior pattern in animals consisting of the occupation and defense of a territory.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Possession and control of territory.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zool.) a pattern of behavior characterized by the marking and defense of a home territory, exhibited by certain male animals.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The fact or
legal status of being aterritory . - noun zoology The
pattern ofbehaviour inanimals thatdefines anddefends aterritory . - noun A pattern of human behaviour characterised by defence of a particular
territory or area of interest.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the behavior of a male animal that defines and defends its territory
Etymologies
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Examples
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Greater interdependence means that territoriality is no longer entitled to the hold it has had over the private international law of IP.
Archive 2009-02-01 Rebecca Tushnet 2009
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Viz., it appears that territoriality is an issue after all.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Drone Warfare and the Harvard National Security Conference 2010
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One popular but now outdated theory is that the brain has three parts: the reptilian brain, which includes the structures and functions we share with reptiles such as territoriality; the paleomammalian brain, a group of related structures that manages social emotions and behaviors like nurturing or reciprocity in all mammals; and the neocortex, which manages evaluation and reasoning in the most complex mammals, especially humans.
Valerie Tarico: God's Emotions: What Are Emotions Anyway? (Part 4) Valerie Tarico 2010
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One popular but now outdated theory is that the brain has three parts: the reptilian brain, which includes the structures and functions we share with reptiles such as territoriality; the paleomammalian brain, a group of related structures that manages social emotions and behaviors like nurturing or reciprocity in all mammals; and the neocortex, which manages evaluation and reasoning in the most complex mammals, especially humans.
Valerie Tarico: God's Emotions: What Are Emotions Anyway? (Part 4) Valerie Tarico 2010
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It was a landmark document based on the International Labor Organization's Resolution 169, the universally accepted benchmark for defining an indigenous people stipulating they have both territory or habitat and "territoriality" meaning they have autonomy over their own lands free from government control.
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Brachman said expansion of state land-use authority can incite "territoriality" among municipalities.
Boston Business News - Local Boston News | Boston Business Journal 2010
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Brachman said expansion of state land-use authority can incite "territoriality" among municipalities.
Los Angeles Business News - Local Los Angeles News | Los Angeles Business from bizjournals 2010
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McLaughlin said he does not believe it is an issue of "territoriality" since most of the War Memorial patients come primarily from Morgan County.
The Journal 2009
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Too often, federal and state government agencies operate on their own, territoriality is perpetuated and the agencies don't connect the dots between one another.
Susan Buchanan: Funds For Reviving the Coast Will Be Lean, Even With BP's Infusion Susan Buchanan 2011
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Too often, federal and state government agencies operate on their own, territoriality is perpetuated and the agencies don't connect the dots between one another.
Susan Buchanan: Funds For Reviving the Coast Will Be Lean, Even With BP's Infusion Susan Buchanan 2011
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