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OVERSHIELDING
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Dictionary entry overview: What does overshielding mean?
• OVERSHIELDING (noun)
The noun OVERSHIELDING has 1 sense:
1. excessive protection
Familiarity information: OVERSHIELDING used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Excessive protection
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
momism; overprotection; overshielding
Hypernyms ("overshielding" is a kind of...):
protection (the activity of protecting someone or something)
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