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defensiveness

noun
/dɪˈfɛnsɪvnəs/UK

Etymology

From defensive + -ness.

  1. derived from dēfēnsa — “protection”
  2. derived from defens
  3. inherited from defens
  4. suffixed as defensive — “defense + ive”
  5. suffixed as defensiveness — “defensive + ness”

Definitions

  1. The state or quality of being defensive.

    • The gay vs. straight confrontation has been dealt with before in movies and plays but never with the gay character in control and never so free of defensiveness or homosexual guilt.

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