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Proprietorial

/prəˌpraɪəˈtɔːriəl/
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(adj) Of or pertaining to ownership.

He has a somewhat proprietorial attitude toward the company.
The speaker took a proprietorial view of his recent invention.
CEFR Practice Quiz
He had a ____ attitude toward the project, refusing to let anyone else make decisions about it.

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