Meaning & use
Protectiveness
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A strong feeling of wanting to keep someone or something safe from harm.
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A mother bear's protectiveness toward her cubs makes her extremely dangerous when approached.
His protectiveness of his younger sister sometimes came across as overbearing.
A note on using this word
Formed by adding the suffix '-ness' to 'protective,' turning the quality into an abstract noun.
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negligence
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