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overprotectiveness

overprotectiveness noun: the state or condition of being overprotective.

Noun

overprotectiveness (uncountable)

  1. The state or condition of being overprotective.
    • Among the reactions with which the child must learn to cope are overprotectiveness, overpermissiveness, anger or embarrassment, and rejection by society.1982, Rita Beck Black, Bruce P. Hermann, Jean Thatcher Shope, Nursing Management of Epilepsy, page 97
    • I also later learned that my friend had selectively sent me only part of what he had obtained from Mr. Berkeley's files, deciding not to share with me other writings which were more "kinky" or "obscene." Whether this was overprotectiveness and "male chauvinism" towards me, or a need to protect his...1985 August 17, Rosemary Romberg, “Gay Info Trickles Down To Straights”, in Gay Community News, volume 13, number 6, page 5

Origin of overprotectiveness

From overprotective + -ness.

Questions about overprotectiveness

What does overprotectiveness mean?
Overprotectiveness means the state or condition of being overprotective.
What part of speech is overprotectiveness?
Overprotectiveness is a noun.

Words near overprotectiveness in the dictionary

  1. overprotecting
  2. overprotection
  3. overprotections
  4. overprotective
  5. overprotectively
  6. overprotectiveness
  7. overprotectivism
  8. overprotectivity
  9. overprotector
  10. overprotectors
  11. overprotects

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