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hyperdefensive

adj

Etymology

From hyper- + defensive.

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

Definitions

  1. Extremely defensive.

    • But to a hyperdefensive party, the policies that Bach advocated were controversial and potentially dangerous and therefore were rejected outright.
    • 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[…]

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