dispossessive en · ADJ
Etymology
From dispossess + -ive.
Meanings
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That dispossesses.
Work for hire is a way of making these workers submit to the kind of routine, dispossessive, political, and legal alienation to which most other working people have been long accustomed.
2012, Matt Stahl, Unfree Masters: Popular Music and the Politics of Work:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more dispossessive | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most dispossessive | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |