PROTECTIVENESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does protectiveness mean? 

• PROTECTIVENESS (noun)
  The noun PROTECTIVENESS has 2 senses:

1. a feeling of protective affection

2. the quality of providing protection

  Familiarity information: PROTECTIVENESS used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PROTECTIVENESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A feeling of protective affection

Classified under:

Nouns denoting feelings and emotions

Hypernyms ("protectiveness" is a kind of...):

affection; affectionateness; fondness; heart; philia; tenderness; warmheartedness; warmness (a positive feeling of liking)

Derivation:

protective (showing care)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The quality of providing protection

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Context example:

statistical evidence for the protectiveness of vaccination

Hypernyms ("protectiveness" is a kind of...):

quality (an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone)

Derivation:

protective ((usually followed by 'of') solicitously caring or mindful)

protective (intended or adapted to afford protection of some kind)