Clinging

Verb

1. Present participle of cling

Synonyms

• (noun) attachment
• (adjective) clingy, adherent, adhesive

Full definition of clinging

Noun

1. The act of one who clings.
• 2013, Lawrence C. Becker, ‎Charlotte B. Becker, Encyclopedia of Ethics (page 217)The mind ... ascribes characters to things. It can become attached in the process, the attachment taking such forms as erroneous thoughts and clingings, and the Buddha-nature thereby becomes defiled in the way that the sun may be obscured by clouds or a mirror by dust.