[f. prec. + -NESS.] Appropriative quality; tendency to take as one’s own.
1833. Burlington Sentinel, 18 May, 3/1. Probably not examin[ing] duly the bumps of ‘appropriativeness’ obtained indentures and proceeded to take him home.
1882. East. Daily Press, 17 July, 3. A rather amusing display of appropriativeness … when all day long the sweet stalls … were besieged by battalions of the common honey bee.
