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The fact or legal status of being a territory. / (zoology) The pattern of behaviour in animals that defines and defends a territory.

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territoriality

Source Word

territoriality

IPA(Pronunciation)

Noun

countable uncountable

Japanese Meaning

領土であるという事実または法的状態 / 動物が自らの縄張りを定義し、それを守るための行動様式

Debate over the island's territoriality intensified after the discovery of rare minerals.

希少な鉱物が発見された後、島の領土としての地位をめぐる議論は激化した。

Sense（1）

The fact or legal status of being a territory.

Sense（2）

(zoology) The pattern of behaviour in animals that defines and defends a territory.

Sense（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.

territorialities

（ plural ）