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self-protectiveness
noun[ U ]
(alsoselfprotectiveness)uk /ˌself.prəˈtek.tɪv.nəs/ us /ˌself.prəˈtek.t̬ɪv.nəs/
the feeling or action of trying to keep yourself safe from injury or damage:
Some day I'll be able to speak openly without self-protectiveness.
There may be a certain amount of self-protectiveness in their reaction.
The detective recognizes a cover-up, but he doesn’t know how to get past the mutual self-protectiveness of the police officers.
We gradually realize that the character's earlier innocence has become a kind of self-protectiveness.
Small nation states can only appeal to nostalgia and self-protectiveness.
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