Defensiveness
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /dɪˈfɛnsɪvnəs/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Defensiveness is a noun meaning The state or quality of being defensive.
Meaning
The state or quality of being defensive.
Example Sentences
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.
Word Forms
- defensivenesses
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include defensibility, defendership, defiantness, diffidentness, indefensibility, indefensibleness.
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