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protectiveness

US/pɹəˈtɛktɪvnəs/

protectiveness noun: the quality of being protective.

Noun

protectiveness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being protective.
  2. A desire to be protective and to guard against physical or emotional harm.

protectiveness meaning in Bengali

protectiveness in Bengali

সুরক্ষামূলক হওয়ার গুণ

Origin of protectiveness

From protective + -ness.

Words formed from protectiveness

Questions about protectiveness

What does protectiveness mean?
Protectiveness means the quality of being protective.
What is protectiveness in Bengali?
Protectiveness in Bengali is সুরক্ষামূলক হওয়ার গুণ. See Protectiveness meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is protectiveness?
Protectiveness is a noun.
How do you pronounce protectiveness?
Protectiveness is pronounced /pɹəˈtɛktɪvnəs/ (US).

Words near protectiveness in the dictionary

  1. protective orders
  2. protective pants
  3. protective reaction
  4. protective reactions
  5. protectively
  6. protectiveness
  7. protectives
  8. protectivity
  9. Protectograph
  10. Protectographs
  11. protectope

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Adapted from Wiktionary: protectiveness (page history and authors); protectiveness (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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