• Hungarian: gyarmat
• Russian: владения, зависимая территория

• Hungarian: megszállottság
• Russian: одержимость

• ttbc Greek: απόκτηση (apóktisi) (1), κτήση (ktísi) (1, 3), κατοχή (katoçí) (1, 3, 4), απόκτημα (apóktima) , κτήμα (ktíma) , περιουσιακό στοιχείο (periusiakó stiçío) (2), νομή (nomí) (3), δαιμονισμός (ðemonizmós) (4)
• ttbc French: possession
• ttbc Interlingua: possession
• ttbc Italian: possesso
• Portuguese: possessão
• ttbc Spanish: posesión
• ttbc Swedish: ägande

French

Etymology

From possessionem (nominative of possessio)

Pronunciation

Noun

fr-noun f

1. possession

The word Possession might refer to:

Metaphysics

• Spirit possession, belief in the control of the behavior of a living thing or natural object by a spiritual being
• Demonic possession, belief in the control of a person by the Devil or other malevolent spirit

Entertainment

• Possession (Sarah McLachlan song), a 1993 song by Sarah McLachlan on her album Fumbling Towards Ecstasy
• Possession (1981 film), starring Sam Neill, Isabelle Adjani; dir. by Andrzej Zulawski
• Possession (TV series), 1985 Australian series
• Possession (2002 film), adaptation of the A. S. Byatt novel; with Aaron Eckhart and Gwyneth Paltrow
• Possession (2008 film), starring Sarah Michelle Gellar
• Possession (video game), a possibly cancelled console game
• Possession: A Romance, 1990 novel by A. S. Byatt
• "Possession", song on the 2005 Mandaryna.com2me album by the Polish singer Mandaryna

Law

• Possession (law), exclusive practical control of a thing, in the context of the legal implications of that control

Linguistics

• Possession (linguistics), grammatically expressed relationship such as control-of and ownership-of
• Inalienable possession, relationship between two objects that is irreversible

Geography

• Possession Street, Hong Kong
• Possession Point, former land form, Hong Kong
• Possession Sound, Washington state
• La Possession, French commune on the Indian Ocean island of Réunion

See also

• US Possession, soccer club on Réunion Island
• Possession Island (disambiguation)
• Possessive (disambiguation)
• Possessed (disambiguation)

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