单词 | territoriality |
释义 | territorialityn. 1. Territorial quality or condition; association with a particular territory; the position or status of being a territory. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > a or the system of government > centralized or regionalized systems > [noun] > regionalism or decentralization territoriality1771 centrifugalism1844 decentralization1846 territorialization1850 provincialization1866 regionalism1871 subnationalism1881 regionalization1919 subsidiarity1936 centrifugality1957 1771 Brief for Counsel of Sir Robert Gordon 24 The territoriality of the peerage in question will cease. 1775 W. Borthwick Inq. Feudal Dignities Scotl. 51 The same family of Morton affords another example of the territoriality of honours. 1849 Daily News 26 July 3/4 There was great doubt whether their territoriality was transferred to England in as far as marriages were concerned. 1894 E. P. Evans in Pop. Sci. Monthly 44 305 The consciousness of what might be called common territoriality tends..to bind together. 1906 Daily Chron. 17 Nov. 4/4 Lord Rosebery urged that territoriality was of the essence of good recruiting. 1944 Trans. Grotius Soc. 30 184 The exclusive territoriality of the criminal law is the fundamental principle which distinguishes the Anglo-American concept of jurisdiction. 2004 Church Times 5 Nov. 3/4 It would mean a break with traditional Anglican ecclesiology regarding the territoriality of dioceses. 2. a. Zoology. A pattern of behaviour in which an animal or a group of animals defends an area or resource against others of the same species. Cf. territorialism n. 7a. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > by habits or actions > habits and actions > [noun] > territoriality territoriality1921 territorialism1930 scent marking1950 1921 Brit. Birds 14 273 Differences..not merely in degree, ought to be recognized between the territoriality of the small [etc.] 1955 Sci. Amer. Oct. 92/3 No room was left for doubting..the territoriality of the owls. 1979 Nature 20 Dec. 885/1 Territoriality seems to be rare in bees and wasps, with the exception perhaps of males and their mate search behaviour. 2006 J. T. Costa Other Insect Societies xx. 668 D'Andrea..linked spider sociality to the degree of individual territoriality and colony perenniality. b. A pattern of human behaviour characterized by aggressive defence or protection of an area, sphere of activity or influence, etc., against others. Cf. territorial adj. 2e, territorialism n. 7b. ΚΠ 1967 Social Probl. 15 236 Territoriality, or the attempt to control space, is conceived as a fundamental human activity. 1987 Metrop. Home July 29/1 The suburban territoriality that puts so much grass and macadam between families. 1991 S. J. Gould Bully for Brontosaurus xiv. 225 The facile interpretation that scientists wouldn't give Thayer a hearing because he was an ‘outsider’ won't work either—for contemporary accounts belie such charges of territoriality and narrowness. 2005 P. A. Bell et al. Environmental Psychol. viii. 654 Some researchers consider human territoriality to be instinctive. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1771 |
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