defensiveness

Meaning of defensiveness

noun
  1. the quality of being anxious to challenge or avoid criticism.
    their supporters have reacted with defensiveness and hostility to the disclosure
    Jane had a note of defensiveness in her voice
  2. behaviour intended to defend or protect.
    defensiveness of the hive was related to the size of the colony

Information about defensiveness

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Hyphenation of defensiveness

de-fen-sive-ness

  • It consists of 4 syllables and 13 chars.
  • defensiveness is a word polysyllabic because it has four or more syllables

Words that rhyme with defensiveness

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