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hyperdefensive

hyperdefensive adjective: extremely defensive.

Adjective

hyperdefensive (comparative more hyperdefensive, superlative most hyperdefensive)

  1. Extremely defensive.
    • But to a hyperdefensive party, the policies that Bach advocated were controversial and potentially dangerous and therefore were rejected outright.2001, Zachary Abuza, Renovating Politics in Contemporary Vietnam, page 81
    • Alternatively, for the male characters there is the systematic, dogmatic 'masculine' detachment and denial of dependency of Mr Ramsay, or the intransigent, hyperdefensive shrillness of the unfortunate Charles Tansley[…]2012, Patricia Waugh, Feminine Fictions RLE, page 107

Forms of hyperdefensive

comparativemore hyperdefensive
superlativemost hyperdefensive

Origin of hyperdefensive

From hyper- + defensive.

Questions about hyperdefensive

What does hyperdefensive mean?
Hyperdefensive means extremely defensive.
What part of speech is hyperdefensive?
Hyperdefensive is an adjective.

Words near hyperdefensive in the dictionary

  1. hyperdactylies
  2. hyperdactyly
  3. hyperdata
  4. hyperdating
  5. hyperdefecation
  6. hyperdefensive
  7. hyperdefensiveness
  8. hyperdeficiency
  9. hyperdeficient
  10. hyperdeformation
  11. hyperdeformations

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