territoriality

Etymology

From territorial + -ity.

noun

  1. The fact or legal status of being a territory.
  2. (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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