[
UK
/pɹətˈɛktɪvnəs/
]
NOUN
- a feeling of protective affection
-
the quality of providing protection
statistical evidence for the protectiveness of vaccination
How To Use protectiveness In A Sentence
- He watches Rebecca watch the protectiveness they show for each other, unwonted. THE CHEEK PERFORATION DANCE
- Possessiveness, jealousy, and protectiveness are high.
- He watches Rebecca watch the protectiveness they show for each other, unwonted. THE CHEEK PERFORATION DANCE
- Dale felt a sudden flare of protectiveness, possessive anger, and a father's pride.
- That was fun, though I had to live with a deal of protectiveness as we bowled along.
- Common sense and the sense of self-protectiveness tell us to accommodate to what we cannot change.
- Rigid containers (cans) have the most favorable properties of ( , such as ) protectiveness, impermeability , and ease of sterilizing.
- I believe that we have an inner sense of self-protection and a fierce protectiveness for our children.
- He looked at her, dwarfed by the immense bed, and suddenly felt a huge swell of protectiveness overcome him.
- THE warmth and protectiveness of the hand are most homefelt to me who have always looked to it for aid and joy. The World I Live In
