What does protestive mean?
Protestive means Expressing protest..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
Expressing protest..
Acts include attempt to take, reach for peer's toy, offer-withdraw toy either without vocalization and with neutral affect, or with no more than a brief and mildly protestive vocalization and/or facial expression of frown or pucker.
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Protestive means Expressing protest..
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Acts include attempt to take, reach for peer's toy, offer-withdraw toy either without vocalization and with neutral affect, or with no more than a brief and mildly protestive vocalization and/or facial expression of frown or pucker.
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