- Protectiveness
- Protectiveness Pro*tect"ive*ness, n. The quality or state of being protective. --W. Pater. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
Protectiveness
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protectiveness — protective ► ADJECTIVE ▪ serving, intended, or wishing to protect. ► NOUN Brit. 1) a thing that protects. 2) dated a condom. DERIVATIVES protectively adverb protectiveness noun … English terms dictionary
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protectiveness — noun see protect … New Collegiate Dictionary
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protectiveness — noun The quality of being protective … Wiktionary
protectiveness — prÉ™ tektɪvnɪs n. quality of offering protection, defensiveness … English contemporary dictionary
protectiveness — pro·tec·tive·ness … English syllables
protectiveness — See: protective … English dictionary
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